PuTTY SSH2 Authentication Password Persistence Weakness

# Copyright (C) 2004 David Maciejak
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if(description)
{
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.14263");
  script_version("2022-05-12T09:32:01+0000");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2022-05-12 09:32:01 +0000 (Thu, 12 May 2022)");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2005-11-03 14:08:04 +0100 (Thu, 03 Nov 2005)");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6724");
  script_cve_id("CVE-2003-0048");
  script_xref(name:"OSVDB", value:"7687");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"4.6");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
  script_name("PuTTY SSH2 Authentication Password Persistence Weakness");
  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2004 David Maciejak");
  script_family("Windows");
  script_dependencies("gb_putty_portable_detect.nasl");
  script_mandatory_keys("putty/detected");

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"PuTTY does not safely handle password information.");

  script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.");

  script_tag(name:"impact", value:"As a result, a local user may be able to recover authentication
  passwords.");

  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"PuTTY version 0.54a and earlier.");

  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Update to version 0.70 or later.");

  script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
  script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"registry");

  exit(0);
}

CPE = "cpe:/a:putty:putty";

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:"0.70" ) ) {
  report = report_fixed_ver( installed_version:version, fixed_version:"0.70", install_path:location );
  security_message( port:0, data:report );
  exit( 0 );
}

exit( 99 );