CVE-2006-7162

Severity

19%

Complexity

34%

Confidentiality

48%

PuTTY 0.59 and earlier uses weak file permissions for (1) ppk files containing private keys generated by puttygen and (2) session logs created by putty, which allows local users to gain sensitive information by reading these files.

PuTTY 0.59 and earlier uses weak file permissions for (1) ppk files containing private keys generated by puttygen and (2) session logs created by putty, which allows local users to gain sensitive information by reading these files.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 1.9. CVSS Attack Vector: local. CVSS Attack Complexity: medium. CVSS Vector: (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N).

Overview

First reported 17 years ago

2007-03-07 21:19:00

Last updated 16 years ago

2008-09-05 21:16:00

Affected Software

PuTTY

References

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=400804

Patch, Vendor Advisory

24381

Vendor Advisory

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