Vulnerability in Putty

CVE-2003-0048

PuTTY 0.53b and earlier does not clear logon credentials from memory, including plaintext passwords, which could allow attackers with access to memory to steal the SSH credentials.

EPSS: 0.004 (30.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

Putty — versions 0.48, 0.49, 0.53
N/a — versions n/a

References

cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ)
cve@mitre.org (vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK)
cve@mitre.org (vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
cve@mitre.org (Patch, x_refsource_MISC, Vendor Advisory)