CVE-2010-2452

Directory traversal vulnerability in the DCC functionality in KVIrc 3.4 and 4.0 allows remote attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via unknown vectors.

Published: 2010-06-29 Last update: 2026-04-29 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2010-2452 is rated High Risk (71.5/100): CVSS Critical severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 4.05%). Core evidence: EPSS rose +3.03% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Mandatory action: High exploitation likelihood—assess exposure and prioritize remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2010-2452

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 1.02% 4.05% +3.03%
2 2025-09-22 1.37% 1.02% -0.35%
3 2025-03-30 1.37%

Full EPSS history (8 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2010-2452

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-2010-2452

OS Trackers for CVE-2010-2452

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2010-2452 not yet assigned 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-2010-2452
gentoo high CVE-2010-2452: 1 GLSA(s) (201402-20), 1 atom(s) (net-irc/kvirc); latest impact high. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2010-2452
ubuntu medium CVE-2010-2452 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (kvirc), 6 status rows across 6 suites (dapper, hardy, jaunty, karmic, lucid, upstream): released 3, not-affected 2, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2010-2452

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2010-2452

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
kvirc kvirc 3.4.0 cpe:2.3:a:kvirc:kvirc:3.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
kvirc kvirc 4.0 cpe:2.3:a:kvirc:kvirc:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2010-2452

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