High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Mar 21, 2019· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2019-9896
CVE-2019-9896
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.
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Affected products
4- osv-coords2 versionspkg:rpm/opensuse/putty&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.0pkg:rpm/suse/putty&distro=SUSE%20Package%20Hub%2015
< 0.71-lp150.9.1+ 1 more
- (no CPE)range: < 0.71-lp150.9.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.71-bp150.4.3.1
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
4- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00004.htmlnvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00020.htmlnvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190404-0001/nvdThird Party Advisory
- www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/changes.htmlnvdRelease NotesThird Party Advisory
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