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http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/177031/KiTTY-0.76.1.13-Command-Injection.html CVE-2024-23749
HIGH
KiTTY 0.76.1.13 - Command Injection
Record summary
CVE-2024-23749 has a selected CVSS score of 7.8 (high); EIP currently links 1 catalogued exploit.
Description
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.
Description source: CVE List
Exploitation context
Available material
- Catalogued exploits
- 1
CISA SSVC decision
ExploitationPoC
AutomatableNo
Technical impactTotal
CISA Coordinator · SSVC 2.0.3 · Evaluated May 8, 2025 · Source: CVE List
Proofs of concept
1Catalogued exploits
ExploitDBKiTTY 0.76.1.13 - Command InjectionExploitDB exploitby DEFCESCONot analyzed1 file
References
520240213 Command Injection Vulnerability in KiTTY Get Remote File Through SCP Input (CVE-2024-23749)mailing list
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Feb/13 20240213 Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities in KiTTY Start Duplicated Session Hostname (CVE-2024-25003) & Username (CVE-2024-25004) Variablesmailing list
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Feb/14 blog.defcesco.io
https://blog.defcesco.io/CVE-2024-23749 nvd.nist.gov
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-23749