Kaspersky LabKLA11442KLA11442 ACE vulnerability in PuTTY
7.5 High
CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
9.8 High
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
10 High
AI Score
Confidence
High
0.016 Low
EPSS
Percentile
87.5%
Stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability was found in PuTTY. Malicious users can exploit this vulnerability remotely cause denial of service and execute arbitrary code.
Original advisories
PuTTY vulnerability vuln-pscp-sink-sscanf
Related products
CVE list
CVE-2016-2563 critical
Solution
Update to the latest version
Impacts
- ACE
Arbitrary code execution. Exploitation of vulnerabilities with this impact can lead to executing by abuser any code or commands at vulnerable machine or process.
- DoS
Denial of service. Exploitation of vulnerabilities with this impact can lead to loss of system availability or critical functional fault.
- SB
Security bypass. Exploitation of vulnerabilities with this impact can lead to performing actions restricted by current security settings.
Affected Products
- PuTTY earlier than 0.67
Related
7.5 High
CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
9.8 High
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
10 High
AI Score
Confidence
High
0.016 Low
EPSS
Percentile
87.5%