PT-2023-15408 · Mintty · Mintty

David Leadbeater · Published 2023-10-19 · Updated 2023-10-25 · CVE-2022-47583

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

9.8

Critical

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Mintty versions prior to 3.6.3

Description The issue allows code execution via unescaped output to the terminal. This is due to terminal character injection in Mintty.

Recommendations For versions prior to 3.6.3, update to version 3.6.3 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting the output to the terminal to minimize the risk of code execution.

Exploit

Fix

Special Elements Injection

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-74

Related Identifiers

CVE-2022-47583

Affected Products

Mintty

References · 6

• 🔥 https://dgl.cx/2023/09/ansi-terminal-security#mintty · Exploit
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-47583 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-47583 · Security Note
• https://github.com/mintty/mintty/releases/tag/3.6.3 · Note
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1715040160155410760 · Twitter Post
• https://t.me/cibsecurity/72591 · Telegram Post