CVE-2006-7162

published 2007-03-07

CVE-2006-7162: PuTTY 0.59 and earlier uses weak file permissions for (1) ppk files containing private keys generated by puttygen and (2) session logs created by putty, which…

Priority P4 5 low 1.9 CVSS 2.0

AV L AC M Au N C P I N A N

PuTTY 0.59 and earlier uses weak file permissions for (1) ppk files containing private keys generated by puttygen and (2) session logs created by putty, which allows local users to gain sensitive information by reading these files.

Affected

6 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
debian	putty	< putty 0.59-1 (bookworm)	putty 0.59-1 (bookworm)
putty	putty	<= 0.59	—
putty	putty	>= 0 < 0.59-1	0.59-1
putty	putty	>= 0 < 0.59-1	0.59-1
putty	putty	>= 0 < 0.59-1	0.59-1
putty	putty	>= 0 < 0.59-1	0.59-1

CVSS provenance

nvd v2.0 1.9 LOW AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

osv 1.9 LOW

vendor_debian 1.9 LOW

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