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CVE-2003-0048

PuTTY 0.53b and earlier does not clear logon credentials from memory, including plaintext passwords, which could allow attackers with access to memory to steal the SSH credentials.

Published

2003-02-19T05:00:00.000

Last Modified

2025-04-03T01:03:51.193

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 4.6 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Access Vector: LOCAL
Access Complexity: LOW
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: PARTIAL
Integrity Impact: PARTIAL
Availability Impact: PARTIAL

Exploitability Score

3.9

Impact Score

6.4

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
NVD-CWE-Other

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	putty	putty	0.48	Yes
Application	putty	putty	0.49	Yes
Application	putty	putty	0.53	Yes
Application	putty	putty	0.53b	Yes

References

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=104386492422014&w=2 ([email protected])
http://www.idefense.com/advisory/01.28.03.txt Patch, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6724 ([email protected])
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1006014 ([email protected])
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=104386492422014&w=2 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.idefense.com/advisory/01.28.03.txt Patch, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6724 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1006014 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)