CVE-1999-1351 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-1999-1351

Directory traversal vulnerability in KVIrc IRC client 0.9.0 with the...

Vulnerability Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in KVIrc IRC client 0.9.0 with the "Listen to !nick <soundname> requests" option enabled allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in a DCC GET request.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

Affected Vendor

Affected Software

irc client
Vulnerable Versions:
0.9.0

Timeline

Official Publish: March 9th, 2002
Last Modified: August 1st, 2024
Added to House: July 17th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.