CVE-2019-9896

HighCVSS 7.8/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

In PuTTY versions before 0.71 on Windows, local attackers could hijack the application by putting a malicious help file in the same directory as the executable.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 7.8/10CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-427

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00004.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00020.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190404-0001/Third Party Advisory
https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/changes.htmlRelease Notes, Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00004.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00020.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190404-0001/Third Party Advisory
https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/changes.htmlRelease Notes, Third Party Advisory

Timeline

Published: Mar 21, 2019
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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