Vulnerability in Putty

CVE-2006-7162

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.

EPSS: 0.003 (22.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

  • Putty
  • N/a — versions n/a

References

  • cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_SECUNIA, Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
  • cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Patch, Vendor Advisory)