TI-2006-06903 Aliases CVE-2006-7162 GHSA-72fv-g98m-465j

PuTTY 0.59 and earlier uses weak file permissions for (1) ppk files containing private…

LOW 10Published 2007-03-07 · Updated 2024-09-16

Key facts

Attack vector: Local
Privileges required: None
User interaction: — Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity: Medium
Impact type: —
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: Partial · None · None
Fix status: No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.

Summary

PuTTY 0.59 and earlier uses weak file permissions for (1) ppk files containing private keys generated by puttygen and (2) session logs created by putty, which allows local users to gain sensitive information by reading these files.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.00313 24th percentileScored 2026-11-07

Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
—	—	all versions	—	No fix listed	CNA

— Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:putty:putty::::::::	up to 0.59	Vulnerable	PuTTY

cpe:2.3:a:putty:putty:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 0.59 Vulnerable ·PuTTY

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2006-7162
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-72fv-g98m-465j

References

Patch 1

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=400804

TI-2002-01283 Multiple SSH2 servers and clients do not properly handle large packets or large fields… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
TI-2023-26623 The SSH transport protocol with certain OpenSSH extensions, found in OpenSSH before 9.6… CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.9
TI-2017-04321 The ssh_agent_channel_data function in PuTTY before 0.68 allows remote attackers to have… CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2026-03565 PuTTY Ed25519 Signature ecc-ssh.c eddsa_verify signature verification CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 6.3
TI-2002-01281 Multiple SSH2 servers and clients do not properly handle packets or data elements with… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
TI-2004-00914 Integer signedness error in the ssh2_rdpkt function in PuTTY before 0.56 allows remote… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0

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Sources

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