CVE - CVE-2019-6453

CVE-ID
CVE-2019-6453	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
mIRC before 7.55 allows remote command execution by using argument injection through custom URI protocol handlers. The attacker can specify an irc:// URI that loads an arbitrary .ini file from a UNC share pathname. Exploitation depends on browser-specific URI handling (Chrome is not exploitable).
References
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EXPLOIT-DB:46392 URL:https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46392/ MISC:https://github.com/proofofcalc/cve-2019-6453-poc MISC:https://proofofcalc.com/advisories/20190218.txt MISC:https://proofofcalc.com/cve-2019-6453-mIRC/ MISC:https://twitter.com/proofofcalc/status/1097518413143003136 MISC:https://www.mirc.com/news.html
Assigning CNA
MITRE Corporation
Date Record Created
20190116	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20190116)
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Proposed (Legacy)
N/A
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