CVE-2019-9896 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

Published: 2019-03-21

Score: 7.8 High

EPSS: 2.2% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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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 [-]

AND

cpe:2.3:a:putty:putty:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:opensuse:backports_sle:15.0:-::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.0:::::::*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2019-19252	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.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

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 0.02157.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00004.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00020.html
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190404-0001/
https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/changes.html

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Microsoft Windows

Opensuse Backports Sle Leap

Putty Putty

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2019-03-21T02:31:32.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-04T22:01:55.185Z

Reserved: 2019-03-20T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2019-9896

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2019-03-21T16:01:17.813

Modified: 2024-11-21T04:52:31.827

Link: CVE-2019-9896

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-427

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