CVE Catalog

CVE-2005-0130

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

Vulnerability in Perl scripts of Konversation 0.15 allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary system commands by injecting shell metacharacters in channel names or song names that are not properly quoted when running IRC scripts.

Risk Assessment

The risk involves potential remote code execution, leading to system compromise, data theft, malware installation, or further network attacks.

Recommendation

Immediately upgrade Konversation to a version after 0.15 that includes a security fix, or apply proper filtering of special characters in Perl scripts.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

Certain Perl scripts in Konversation 0.15 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in (1) channel names or (2) song names that are not properly quoted when the user runs IRC scripts.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS