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.

Priority

CVSS 3 base score: 7.8

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

Notes

Author	Note
seth-arnold	Windows DLL troubles

References

https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-6167
https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/137742/Putty-Beta-0.67-DLL-Hijacking.html
NVD
Launchpad
Debian

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