CVEvulnerability
CVE-2016-6167
7.8 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2017-01-30
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 4.4 MEDIUM — AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-426
Description
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.
Affected configurations
• putty putty 0.67
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-426 Untrusted Search Path weakness
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/538848/100/0/threaded Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036236 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/137742/Putty-Beta-0.67-DLL-Hijacking.html Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/538848/100/0/threaded Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036236 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/137742/Putty-Beta-0.67-DLL-Hijacking.html Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry