CVEvulnerability

CVE-2006-7162

1.9 LOW Published 2007-03-07 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2007-03-07
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
1.9 LOW — AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Description

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.

Affected configurations

• putty putty (<= 0.59)

References