CVE-2019-9896 Information

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.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Reference

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

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction Required

LOW

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

7.8