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CVE-2006-7162

Date: October 3, 2022

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.

Severity Score

Related Resources (5)

http://secunia.com/advisories/24381
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-7162
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=400804
https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2006-7162
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2006-7162

Severity Score

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:
Attack Vector (AV): LOCAL
Attack Complexity (AC): HIGH
Privileges Required (PR): NONE
User Interaction (UI): NONE
Scope (S): UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C): LOW
Integrity (I): NONE
Availability (A): NONE

CVSS v2

Base Score:
Access Vector (AV): LOCAL
Access Complexity (AC): MEDIUM
Authentication (AU): NONE
Confidentiality (C): PARTIAL
Integrity (I): NONE
Availability (A): NONE
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