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CVE-2016-2087

HIGH · CVSS 7.4 EPSS 9.52% Public Exploit

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2017-01-18 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a high severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 7.4. Public exploit code or proof-of-concept references have been detected in its references. It may be remotely exploitable.

Public Exploit Signal

A public exploit, PoC, GitHub repository or Metasploit reference was detected for this CVE.

External Security References
packetstormsecurity.com ↗ exploit-db.com ↗

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CVE
CVE-2016-2087
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
7.4
EPSS
9.52%

Original NVD Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in the client in HexChat 2.11.0 allows remote IRC servers to read or modify arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the server name.