CVE-2008-7070

Exp

Argument injection vulnerability in the URI handler in KVIrc 3.4.2 Shiny allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a " (quote) followed by command line switches in a (1) irc:///, (2) irc6:///, (3) ircs:///, or (4) and ircs6:/// URI. NOTE: this might be due to an incomplete fix for CVE-2007-2951.

Published: 2009-08-25 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2008-7070 is rated High Exploit Risk (85.2/100): CVSS Critical severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 5.01%). 3 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +1.68% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2008-7070

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
7181 exploit_db edb 2008-11-21 Exploit-DB ↗
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-7070

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 2025-12-20 3.33% 5.01% +1.68%
2 2025-03-30 5.83% 3.33% -2.50%
3 2025-03-29 — 5.83% —

Full EPSS history (9 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2008-7070

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
9.3 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C 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:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:C)
Complete integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
 8.6 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2008-7070

OS Trackers for CVE-2008-7070

vendor priority summary link
debian unimportant CVE-2008-7070 unimportant priority: Debian including 1 source packages (kvirc), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-7070
ubuntu low CVE-2008-7070 low priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (kvirc), 6 status rows across 6 suites (dapper, hardy, intrepid, jaunty, karmic, upstream): not-affected 4, ignored 1, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2008-7070

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2008-7070

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
kvirc kvirc 3.4.2 cpe:2.3:a:kvirc:kvirc:3.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2008-7070

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