Upstream 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.SUSE information
Overall state of this security issue: Resolved
This issue is currently rated as having important severity.
| CVSS detail | National Vulnerability Database |
|---|---|
| Base Score | 4.6 |
| Vector | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
| Access Vector | Local |
| Access Complexity | Low |
| Authentication | None |
| Confidentiality Impact | Partial |
| Integrity Impact | Partial |
| Availability Impact | Partial |
| CVSS detail | National Vulnerability Database |
|---|---|
| Base Score | 7.8 |
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| Attack Vector | Local |
| Attack Complexity | Low |
| Privileges Required | Low |
| User Interaction | None |
| Scope | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality Impact | High |
| Integrity Impact | High |
| Availability Impact | High |
| CVSSv3 Version | 3.1 |
SUSE Security Advisories:
- openSUSE-SU-2019:1113-1, published Fri Dec 8 15:48:41 2023
- openSUSE-SU-2019:1123-1, published Fri Dec 8 15:48:26 2023
List of released packages
| Product(s) | Fixed package version(s) | References |
|---|---|---|
| SUSE Package Hub 15 |
| Patchnames: openSUSE-2019-1123 |
| openSUSE Leap 15.0 |
| Patchnames: openSUSE-2019-1113 |
SUSE Timeline for this CVE
CVE page created: Fri Mar 22 07:50:16 2019CVE page last modified: Mon Oct 6 19:21:00 2025