CVE-2008-2841

Exp

Argument injection vulnerability in XChat 2.8.7b and earlier on Windows, when Internet Explorer is used, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via the --command parameter in an ircs:// URI.

Published: 2008-06-24 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2008-2841 is rated High Exploit Risk (70.9/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 15.38%, 96th percentile). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2008-2841

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
5795 exploit_db edb 2008-06-13 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-2841

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 31.25% 15.38% -15.87%
2 2025-12-06 31.19% 31.25% +0.07%
3 2025-08-14 — 31.19% —

Full EPSS history (22 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2008-2841

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.8 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 8.6 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2008-2841

OS Trackers for CVE-2008-2841

vendor priority summary link
redhat low — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-2841
ubuntu medium CVE-2008-2841 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (xchat), 5 status rows across 5 suites (dapper, feisty, gutsy, hardy, upstream): not-affected 4, needed 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2008-2841

Vendor comments (NVD) for CVE-2008-2841

  • Red Hat (2008-07-07T00:00:00)

    Not vulnerable. This issue did not affect the versions of XChat as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux.

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2008-2841

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
microsoft internet_explorer — cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
xchat xchat <= 2.8.7b cpe:2.3:a:xchat:xchat:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2008-2841

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