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PUBLISHED DATE: September 24, 1999CVE-1999-1351:
Directory Traversal Vulnerability

CVSS:
5
EPSS:
134.00%
Exploitability:
10
In KEV:
No
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.

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