CVE-2024-23749 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00262.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

Vendors	Products
9bis	Kitty

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:9bis:kitty:*:*:*:*:*:windows:*:*

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Advisories

No advisories yet.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/177031/KiTTY-0.76.1.13-Command-Injection.html
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Feb/13
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Feb/14
https://blog.defcesco.io/CVE-2024-23749

History

Thu, 15 May 2025 20:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2024-02-09T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-05-15T19:40:16.829Z

Reserved: 2024-01-21T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2024-23749

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-01T23:13:07.434Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2024-02-09T08:15:08.530

Modified: 2025-05-15T20:15:44.290

Link: CVE-2024-23749

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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