Detections
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CVE-2019-9896

high

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.

References

https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/changes.html

https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190404-0001/

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00020.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00004.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2019-03-21

Updated: 2024-11-21

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.03939