CVE-2019-9896

Summary

CVECVE-2019-9896
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2019-03-21 16:01:00 UTC
Updated2022-04-05 20:13:00 UTC
DescriptionIn 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-427

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Microsoft Windows - All All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows - All All All
Application Opensuse Backports Sle 15.0 - All All
Operating System Opensuse Leap 15.0 All All All
Application Putty Putty All All All All
Application Putty Putty All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/changes.html MISC www.chiark.greenend.org.uk Third Party Advisory
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2019:1123-1: moderate: Security update f SUSE lists.opensuse.org
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2019:1113-1: moderate: Security update f SUSE lists.opensuse.org
March 2019 PuTTY Vulnerabilities in NetApp Products | NetApp Product Security CONFIRM security.netapp.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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