CVE-2019-9896
- Source
- https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-9896
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2019-9896.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2019-9896
- Downstream
- Related
- Published
- 2019-03-21T16:01:17.813Z
- Modified
- 2026-02-19T07:26:36.646928Z
- Severity
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- 7.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
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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.
- References
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- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00004.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00020.html
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190404-0001/
- https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/changes.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00004.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00020.html