CVE-2019-9896
HIGH severity · CVSS 7.8 · CWE-427
7.8CVSS HIGH
Summary
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.
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorLocal
Attack complexityLow
Privileges requiredLow
User interactionNone
Confidentiality impactHigh
Integrity impactHigh
Availability impactHigh
Exploit probability (EPSS)1%
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected products we track (1)
Recommendation
Apply the vendor fix promptly. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.
Additional information
- NVD record
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00004.htmlAdvisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00020.htmlAdvisory
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190404-0001/Advisory
- https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/changes.htmlAdvisory