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CVE-2019-9896

high 7.8

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.

Details

Status
Modified
Published
Last changed
Source
cve@mitre.org
Weakness
CWE-427

Severity

VersionScoreVectorSource
CVSS 3.1 high 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H nvd@nist.govPrimary
CVSS 2.0 medium 4.6 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P nvd@nist.govPrimary

Affected products

Vendor and product from the NVD’s CPE applicability statements. Versions and conditions are on the NVD’s page.

References