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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in PuTTY 0.48/0.49/0.53/0.53b (Connectivity Software). Affected is an unknown code. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability (Memory). CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:
PuTTY 0.53b and earlier does not clear logon credentials from memory, including plaintext passwords, which could allow attackers with access to memory to steal the SSH credentials.
The weakness was released 02/19/2003 by Knud Erik Højgaard (SkOd) (Website). The advisory is shared for download at idefense.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2003-0048. The exploitability is told to be easy. The attack needs to be approached locally. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1592.
The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 14263 , which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.
There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.
The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (11197) and Tenable (14263). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at 20134 and 20135.
Product
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CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
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VulDB Temp Score: 5.9
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Exploiting
Name: MemoryClass: Information disclosure / Memory
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
ATT&CK: T1592
Local: Yes
Remote: No
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Status: Not defined
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Nessus ID: 14263
OpenVAS ID: 14263
OpenVAS Name: PuTTY SSH2 authentication password persistence weakness
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Threat Intelligence
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Countermeasures
Recommended: no mitigation knownStatus: 🔍
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Timeline
01/28/2003 🔍01/29/2003 🔍
02/19/2003 🔍
02/19/2003 🔍
01/01/2004 🔍
08/18/2004 🔍
08/07/2014 🔍
05/24/2019 🔍
Sources
Advisory: idefense.com⛔Researcher: Knud Erik Højgaard (SkOd)
Status: Confirmed
CVE: CVE-2003-0048 (🔍)
X-Force: 11197
SecurityTracker: 1006014
Vulnerability Center: 5136 - PuTTY Client Unauthorized Plaintext Password Access, Low
SecurityFocus: 6724 - Putty SSH2 Authentication Password Persistence Weakness
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Entry
Created: 08/07/2014 17:56Updated: 05/24/2019 11:24
Changes: 08/07/2014 17:56 (63), 05/24/2019 11:24 (5)
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