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CVE-2024-45301
MEDIUM5.3
Description
Mintty is a terminal emulator for Cygwin, MSYS, and WSL. In versions 2.3.6 through 3.7.4, several escape sequences can cause the mintty process to access a file in a specific path. It is triggered by simply printing them out on bash. An attacker can specify an arbitrary network path, negotiate an ntlm hash out of the victim's machine to an attacker controlled remote host. An attacker can use password cracking tools or NetNTLMv2 hashes to Pass the Hash. Version 3.7.5 fixes the issue.
CVE Details
CVSS v3.1 Score5.3
SeverityMEDIUM
CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack VectorNETWORK
ComplexityHIGH
Privileges RequiredNONE
User InteractionREQUIRED
Published11/12/2025
Last Modified11/14/2025
Sourcenvd
Honeypot Sightings0
Weaknesses (CWE)
CWE-20
References
https://github.com/mintty/mintty/security/advisories/GHSA-jf4m-m6rv-p6c5(security-advisories@github.com)
IOC Correlations
No correlations recorded
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