PuTTY 0.59 and earlier uses weak file permissions for (1) ppk files containing private keys generated by puttygen and (2) session logs created by putty, which allows local users to gain sensitive information by reading these files.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2007-03-07T21:00:00Z

Updated: 2024-09-16T17:18:10.028Z

Reserved: 2007-03-07T00:00:00Z

Link: CVE-2006-7162

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2007-03-07T21:19:00.000

Modified: 2008-09-05T21:16:34.777

Link: CVE-2006-7162

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