CVE-2016-6167

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Summary

CVECVE-2016-6167
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-01-30 22:59:00 UTC
Updated2022-05-01 01:50:00 UTC
DescriptionMultiple untrusted search path vulnerabilities in Putty beta 0.67 allow local users to execute arbitrary code and conduct DLL hijacking attacks via a Trojan horse (1) UxTheme.dll or (2) ntmarta.dll file in the current working directory.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-426

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Putty Putty 0.67 beta All All
Application Simon Tatham Putty 0.67 beta All All
Application Simon Tatham Putty 0.67 beta All All

References

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PuTTY DLL Loading Error Lets Local Users Gain Elevated Privileges - SecurityTracker SECTRACK www.securitytracker.com
Putty Beta 0.67 DLL Hijacking ≈ Packet Storm MISC packetstormsecurity.com Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
SecurityFocus BUGTRAQ www.securityfocus.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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