KiTTY up to 0.76.1.13 filename command injection

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in KiTTY up to 0.76.1.13. Affected is an unknown function. This manipulation of the argument filename causes command injection. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2024-23749. Furthermore, an exploit is available.

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A vulnerability was found in KiTTY up to 0.76.1.13. It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code. The manipulation of the argument filename with an unknown input leads to a command injection vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-77. The product constructs all or part of a command using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the intended command when it is sent to a downstream component. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

KiTTY versions 0.76.1.13 and before is vulnerable to command injection via the filename variable, occurs due to insufficient input sanitization and validation, failure to escape special characters, and insecure system calls (at lines 2369-2390). This allows an attacker to add inputs inside the filename variable, leading to arbitrary code execution.

The weakness was published 02/09/2024 as 177031. The advisory is shared at packetstormsecurity.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2024-23749 since 01/21/2024. Technical details and also a public exploit are known. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1202 for this issue.

It is possible to download the exploit at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Exploit-DB (51892). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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• KiTTY

Version

• 0.76.1.0
• 0.76.1.1
• 0.76.1.2
• 0.76.1.3
• 0.76.1.4
• 0.76.1.5
• 0.76.1.6
• 0.76.1.7
• 0.76.1.8
• 0.76.1.9
• 0.76.1.10
• 0.76.1.11
• 0.76.1.12
• 0.76.1.13

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