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 High
AI Score
Confidence
High
0.007 Low
EPSS
Percentile
80.1%
PuTTY is prone to an arbitrary code execution vulnerability.
# Copyright (C) 2005 David Maciejak
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
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#
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CPE = "cpe:/a:putty:putty";
if(description)
{
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.14262");
script_version("2021-06-01T06:37:42+0000");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2021-06-01 06:37:42 +0000 (Tue, 01 Jun 2021)");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2005-11-03 14:08:04 +0100 (Thu, 03 Nov 2005)");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"7.5");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
script_cve_id("CVE-2003-0069");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"registry");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
script_name("PuTTY window title escape character arbitrary command execution");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2005 David Maciejak");
script_family("Windows");
script_dependencies("gb_putty_portable_detect.nasl", "smb_reg_service_pack.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("putty/detected");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"PuTTY is prone to an arbitrary code execution vulnerability.");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"This version contains a flaw that may allow a malicious user
to insert arbitrary commands and execute them. The issue is triggered when an attacker sends
commands, preceded by terminal emulator escape sequences.");
script_tag(name:"impact", value:"It is possible that the flaw may allow arbitrary code execution
resulting in a loss of integrity.");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"PuTTY prior to version 0.54.");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Update to version 0.54 or later.");
exit(0);
}
include( "host_details.inc" );
include( "version_func.inc" );
if( ! infos = get_app_version_and_location( cpe:CPE, exit_no_version:TRUE ) )
exit( 0 );
version = infos["version"];
location = infos["location"];
if( version_is_less( version:version, test_version:"0.54" ) ) {
report = report_fixed_ver( installed_version:version, fixed_version:"0.54", install_path:location );
security_message( data:report, port:0 );
exit( 0 );
}
exit( 99 );