AbsoluteTelnet 11.24 contains a denial of service vulnerability that allows local attackers to crash the application by manipulating DialUp connection and license name fields. Attackers can generate a 1000-character payload and paste it into specific input fields to trigger application crashes and force unexpected termination.
History

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Thu, 15 Jan 2026 16:00:00 +0000

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Description AbsoluteTelnet 11.24 contains a denial of service vulnerability that allows local attackers to crash the application by manipulating DialUp connection and license name fields. Attackers can generate a 1000-character payload and paste it into specific input fields to trigger application crashes and force unexpected termination.
Title AbsoluteTelnet 11.24 - 'Phone' Denial of Service (PoC)
Weaknesses CWE-787
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.2, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 6.7, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulnCheck

Published:

Updated: 2026-01-15T16:48:07.875Z

Reserved: 2026-01-14T14:39:44.734Z

Link: CVE-2021-47764

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-01-15T16:48:05.493Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-01-15T16:16:07.663

Modified: 2026-01-15T16:16:07.663

Link: CVE-2021-47764

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