CVE-2016-6167

Published: 30 January 2017

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.

Notes

Author	Note
seth-arnold	Windows DLL troubles

Priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.8

Score breakdown

Status

Package	Release	Status
putty Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	precise	Not vulnerable
	trusty	Does not exist (trusty was not-affected)
	upstream	Not vulnerable
	xenial	Not vulnerable
	yakkety	Not vulnerable

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	7.8
Attack vector	Local
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	None
User interaction	Required
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	High
Integrity impact	High
Availability impact	High
Vector	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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