CVE-2003-0048 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

PuTTY 0.53b and earlier does not clear logon credentials from memory, including plaintext passwords, which could allow attackers with access to memory to steal the SSH credentials.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00077.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:putty:putty:0.48:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:putty:putty:0.49:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:putty:putty:0.53:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:putty:putty:0.53b:::::::*

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Subscriptions

Vendors	Products
Putty Subscribe	Putty Subscribe

Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2003-0044	PuTTY 0.53b and earlier does not clear logon credentials from memory, including plaintext passwords, which could allow attackers with access to memory to steal the SSH credentials.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=104386492422014&w=2
http://www.idefense.com/advisory/01.28.03.txt
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6724
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1006014

History

No history.

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2003-02-01T05:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-08T01:43:35.440Z

Reserved: 2003-01-28T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2003-0048

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2003-02-19T05:00:00.000

Modified: 2025-04-03T01:03:51.193

Link: CVE-2003-0048

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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