CVE-2024-45301
BaseFortify
Publication date: 2025-11-12
Last updated on: 2025-11-12
Assigner: GitHub, Inc.
Description
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Affected Vendors & Products
| Vendor | Product | Version / Range |
|---|---|---|
| mintty | mintty | 3.7.4 |
| mintty | mintty | 3.7.5 |
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Exploitability
| CWE ID | Description |
|---|---|
| CWE-20 | The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly. |
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AI Powered Q&A
Can you explain this vulnerability to me?
This vulnerability in Mintty (versions 2.3.6 through 3.7.4) involves certain escape sequences that, when printed in bash, cause the mintty process to access a file at a specific path. An attacker can exploit this by specifying an arbitrary network path, which leads to the victim's machine negotiating an NTLM hash with a remote host controlled by the attacker. This allows the attacker to capture authentication hashes.
How can this vulnerability impact me? :
The vulnerability can lead to the exposure of NTLM authentication hashes from the victim's machine to an attacker-controlled remote host. The attacker can then use password cracking tools or perform Pass the Hash attacks using the captured NetNTLMv2 hashes, potentially gaining unauthorized access to systems or resources.
What immediate steps should I take to mitigate this vulnerability?
Upgrade mintty to version 3.7.5 or later, as this version fixes the vulnerability.