# CVE-2002-0006

## Summary

- **CVE ID:** CVE-2002-0006
- **Severity:** UNKNOWN
- **CVSS Score:** 0.35
- **CWE:** N/A
- **Published:** Apr 2, 2003
- **Last Modified:** Mar 16, 2026

## Description

XChat 1.8.7 and earlier, including default configurations of 1.4.2 and 1.4.3, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary IRC commands as other clients via encoded characters in a PRIVMSG command that calls CTCP PING, which expands the characters in the client response when the percascii variable is set.

## Affected Products

- n/a — n/a (n/a)

## References

- [CNA](https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7856)
- [CNA](http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000453)
- [CNA](http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2002-005.html)
- [CNA](http://online.securityfocus.com/advisories/3806)
- [CNA](http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3830)
- [CNA](http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=101060676210255&w=2)
- [CNA](http://www.debian.org/security/2002/dsa-099)

## Exploitation Prediction (EPSS)

- **EPSS Score:** 8.63%
- **EPSS Percentile:** 92.3

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_Exported from OnDuty AI Vulnerability Intelligence on 2026-09-17._