CVE-2025-68920 (GCVE-0-2025-68920)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-12-24 21:47 – Updated: 2025-12-24 22:43
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
C-Kermit (aka ckermit) through 10.0 Beta.12 (aka 416-beta12) before 244644d allows a remote Kermit system to overwrite files on the local system, or retrieve arbitrary files from the local system.
Severity
8.9 (High)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-12-24 22:42 UTC
CWE
- CWE-862 - Missing Authorization
Assigner
References
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| kermitproject | C-Kermit |
Affected:
7 , ≤ 10.0 Beta.12
(custom)
|
guessed |
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