CVE-2002-0425: Khaled Mardam-Bey Mirc

Medium severity, CVSS 5.0. EPSS: 1.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

mIRC DCC server protocol allows remote attackers to gain sensitive information such as alternate IRC nicknames via a "100 testing" message in a DCC connection request that cannot be ignored or canceled by the user, which may leak the alternate nickname in a response message.

Affected products

• Khaled Mardam-Bey Mirc: version 6.0 only; version 6.0_1 only

Published 2002-08-12. Last modified 2026-06-16.