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CVE-2019-9896

In PuTTY versions before 0.71 on Windows, local attackers could hijack the application by putting a malicious help file in the same directory as the executable.

Published

2019-03-21T16:01:17.813

Last Modified

2024-11-21T04:52:31.827

Status

Modified

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.1: 7.8 (HIGH)

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
CWE-427

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	putty	putty	< 0.71	Yes
Operating System	microsoft	windows	-	No
Application	opensuse	backports_sle	15.0	Yes
Operating System	opensuse	leap	15.0	Yes

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00004.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00020.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190404-0001/ Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/changes.html Release Notes, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00004.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00020.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190404-0001/ Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/changes.html Release Notes, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)