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SIRCD Server Operator Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

sircd has been reported prone to a privilege escalation vulnerability. It has been reported that any user logged on to the sircd server, may set their usermode to +o, or operator mode.

An attacker may exploit this condition to hijack IRC channels or impersonate users, these privileges may aid the attacker in further attacks launched against the target server.







 

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