CVE-2006-7162

Severity: low (CVSS 1.9 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2007-03-07 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

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.

Affected products

PuTTY: through 0.59

References

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=400804
http://secunia.com/advisories/24381
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=400804
http://secunia.com/advisories/24381

Get alerted when CVE-2006-7162 or the next vulnerability affects your stack