CVE-1999-1351

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 1999-09-24 · updated 2026-06-16

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.

Affected products

Kvirc Irc Client: 0.9.0

References

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=93845560631314&w=2
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/7761.php
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=93845560631314&w=2
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/7761.php

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