CVE-2010-2075
UnrealIRCd 3.2.8.1, as distributed on certain mirror sites from November 2009 through June 2010, contains an externally introduced…
- 7.5HighCVSS base score
- 83.5%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 0.3% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 3Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
UnrealIRCd 3.2.8.1, as distributed on certain mirror sites from November 2009 through June 2010, contains an externally introduced modification (Trojan Horse) in the DEBUG3_DOLOG_SYSTEM macro, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list a Metasploit module and 2 Exploit-DB entries for it. A reference of the record is tagged as an exploit.
Show the exploits4
Metasploit modules1 module
- UnrealIRCD 3.2.8.1 Backdoor Command Execution (Metasploit module) (opens in a new tab)
exploit/unix/irc/unreal_ircd_3281_backdoorRank excellentdisclosed 12 Jun 2010
Exploit-DB2 entries
- UnrealIRCd 3.2.8.1 - Backdoor Command Execution (Metasploit) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 16922remote, linuxpublished 5 Dec 2010Verified
- UnrealIRCd 3.2.8.1 - Remote Downloader/Execute (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 13853remote, linuxpublished 13 Jun 2010Verified
References tagged exploit1 reference
- 13853 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
Modules, templates and exploits as listed by the Metasploit Framework (BSD-3-Clause), ProjectDiscovery's Nuclei templates (MIT) and the Exploit Database (GPLv2), read once a day. Where the data comes from
Timeline
ID reserved
By redhat
- 21 days later
· 21 days later
Published
- 14 years later
· 14 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 83.5% · top 0.3% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
10
- http://www.unrealircd.com/txt/unrealsecadvisory.20100612.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- ADV-2010-1437 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- GLSA-201006-21 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- 65445 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20100614 Re: CVE request: UnrealIRCd 3.2.8.1 source code contained a backdoor allowing for remote command execution (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- 13853 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- 40169 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 20100612 Fw: [irc-security] UnrealIRCd 3.2.8.1 backdoored on official ftp and site (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
- 40820 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 20100612 Re: Fw: [irc-security] UnrealIRCd 3.2.8.1 backdoored on official ftp and site (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2010-2094 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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