CVE-2019-9896 — Uncontrolled Search Path Element in Putty

CWE-427 — Uncontrolled Search Path Element4 documents4 sources
Severity
7.8HIGHNVD
EPSS
2.2%
top 15.71%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
3
PuttyOpensuse Backports SLEOpensuse Leap
Timeline
PublishedMar 21
Latest updateMay 13

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:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages3 packages

▶NVDputty/putty< 0.71
▶NVDopensuse/leap15.0

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-x5pv-35h7-pm8q: In PuTTY versions before 0↗2022-05-13
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CVEList
CVE-2019-9896: In PuTTY versions before 0↗2019-03-21
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📋Vendor Advisories

1
Debian
CVE-2019-9896: putty - In PuTTY versions before 0.71 on Windows, local attackers could hijack the appli...↗2019
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