What is CVE-2016-6167?

CVE-2016-6167 is a high-severity vulnerability in Putty, classified under Untrusted Search Path. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2017-01-30.

How severe is CVE-2016-6167?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Putty

CVE-2016-6167

Multiple untrusted search path vulnerabilities in Putty beta 0.67 allow local users to execute arbitrary code and conduct DLL hijacking attacks via a Trojan horse (1) UxTheme.dll or (2) ntmarta.dll file in the current working directory.

EPSS: 0.008 (51.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Putty — versions 0.67
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-426 — Untrusted Search Path

References

cve@mitre.org (Exploit, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
cve@mitre.org (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK, Broken Link)
cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, Broken Link)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-6167?: CVE-2016-6167 is a high-severity vulnerability in Putty, classified under Untrusted Search Path. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2017-01-30.
How severe is CVE-2016-6167?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.