CVE-2016-6167

CVSS V2 Medium 4.4 CVSS V3 High 7.8
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.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2016-6167
  • Assigner
  • cve@mitre.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2017-01-30T22:59:00
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2022-05-01T01:50:07
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-426 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/426.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:putty:putty:0.67:beta:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
  • Access Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Access Compatibility
  • MEDIUM
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Integrity Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Availability Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Base Score
  • 4.4
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.4
  • Impact Score
  • 6.4
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.1
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • NONE
  • User Interaction
  • REQUIRED
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • HIGH
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 7.8
  • Base Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 1.8
  • Impact Score
  • 5.9
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/137742/Putty-Beta-0.67-DLL-Hijacking.html Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036236 Broken Link Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/538848/100/0/threaded Broken Link Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-6167
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-6167
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-08 06:20:15 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 13:26:43 2017-01-30T22:59Z 2017-01-30T22:59:00 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-02 13:26:43 2022-05-01T01:50:07 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-02 13:26:43 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated