CVE-2000-0787

High CVSS 7.5

Published 2000-10-20 · last changed 2026-06-16

The fix

We hold no Microsoft remediation data for CVE-2000-0787, which normally means it is not a Windows CVE. For non-Microsoft software the fix is the vendor's own updated release, and the affected versions are listed below.

What it is

IRC Xchat client versions 1.4.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands by encoding shell metacharacters into a URL which XChat uses to launch a web browser.

Sources

NVD record for CVE-2000-0787

CVSS vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P