CVE-2016-6167 — Untrusted Search Path in Putty

CWE-426 — Untrusted Search Path3 documents3 sources
Severity
7.8HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.1%
top 69.20%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
PuttyDebian Putty
Timeline
PublishedJan 30
Latest updateMay 3

Description

Multiple untrusted search path vulnerabilities in Putty beta 0.67 allow local users to execute arbitrary code and conduct DLL hijacking attacks via a Trojan horse (1) UxTheme.dll or (2) ntmarta.dll file in the current working directory.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages2 packages

▶NVDputty/putty0.67
▶debiandebian/putty

🔴Vulnerability Details

1
GHSA
GHSA-7x75-r7f7-mqrx: Multiple untrusted search path vulnerabilities in Putty beta 0↗2022-05-03
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📋Vendor Advisories

1
Debian
CVE-2016-6167: putty - Multiple untrusted search path vulnerabilities in Putty beta 0.67 allow local us...↗2016
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