CVE-2019-9896

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CVSS 3.1

7.8 high

EPSS

<1%p53

Published

Mar 21, 2019 (Mar 21, 2019)

Modified

Jun 17, 2026

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.

Vendors: putty opensuse
Products: putty, backports sle, leap
Weakness: CWE-427
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

NVD CVE.org GitHub PoCs EPSS (0.8%)

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