CVE-2024-23749

Published: Feb 9, 2024Updated: May 15, 2025 Sources: CVE List NVD BDUCWE-77

7.8HIGH

NVD MITRE

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.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

Exploitability

AV:LAttack Vector

Local

AC:LAttack Complexity

Low

PR:LPrivileges Required

Low

UI:NUser Interaction

None

Scope

S:UScope

Unchanged

Impact

C:HConfidentiality

High

I:HIntegrity

High

A:HAvailability

High

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Weaknesses

CWE-77

Affected Products

9bis

aka kitty (top product)

kittyMixed

Consumer Software / browser

Kovid Goyal

individual-dev

KittyOn-prem

Consumer Software / file-utility

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Exploitability

6 exploit sources identified

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MITRE ATT&CK

1 technique

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References

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/177031/KiTTY-0.76.1.13-Command-Injection.html

packetstormsecurity.com

https://blog.defcesco.io/CVE-2024-23749

blog.defcesco.io

http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Feb/13

seclists.org

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