VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2019-17068
PuTTY before 0.73 mishandles the "bracketed paste mode" protection mechanism, which may allow a session to be affected by malicious clipboard content.
HIGH 7.5EPSS 1.81%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.81%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
PuTTY before 0.73 mishandles the "bracketed paste mode" protection mechanism, which may allow a session to be affected by malicious clipboard content.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
- EPSS
- 1.81% probability · 77th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-74
- Affected
- putty/putty · opensuse/leap
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00020.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00021.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00030.htmlThird Party Advisory
- https://lists.tartarus.org/pipermail/putty-announce/2019/000029.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20191127-0003/
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00020.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00021.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00030.htmlThird Party Advisory
- https://lists.tartarus.org/pipermail/putty-announce/2019/000029.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20191127-0003/
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.