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GHSA-7WWF-6MWX-WX77

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-12-25 00:30 – Updated: 2025-12-25 00:30

Details

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)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:L

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CVE-2025-68920 (GCVE-0-2025-68920)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-12-24 21:47 – Updated: 2025-12-24 22:43

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)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:L

CWE

CWE-862 - Missing Authorization

Assigner

mitre

References

URL

Tags

	https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug…
	https://github.com/KermitProject/ckermit/pull/20
	https://www.kermitproject.org/ftp/kermit/test/tar/
	https://www.complete.org/kermit/

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	kermitproject	C-Kermit	Affected: 7 , ≤ 10.0 Beta.12 (custom)

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Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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GHSA-7WWF-6MWX-WX77

CVE-2025-68920 (GCVE-0-2025-68920)

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