High severity · published Mar 21, 2019
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
7.8
CVSS
0.8%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.8% · higher than 55% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
BS
Backports Sle · Opensuse
15.0 · source: NVD
LE
Leap · Opensuse
15.0 · source: NVD
PU
Putty · Putty
before 0.71 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-9896
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-9896
Mailing List
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00004.html
Mailing List
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00020.html
Third Party Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190404-0001/
Release Notes
https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/changes.html
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