CVE-2007-4402

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.8 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 3.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2007-08-18 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Multiple unspecified scripts in mIRC allow user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via the '|' (pipe) shell metacharacter in the name of the song in a .mp3 file.

Affected products

mIRC: 2.49

References

http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2007-August/065227.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/26491
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3036
http://wouter.coekaerts.be/site/security/nowplaying
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/476283/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/476649/100/0/threaded
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2007-August/065227.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/26491
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3036
http://wouter.coekaerts.be/site/security/nowplaying
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/476283/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/476649/100/0/threaded

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