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CVE-2016-6167

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2017-01-30 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-426

Description

Multiple untrusted search path vulnerabilities in Putty beta 0.67 allow local users to execute arbitrary code and conduct DLL hijacking attacks via a Trojan horse (1) UxTheme.dll or (2) ntmarta.dll file in the current working directory.

Affected products

• PuTTY: 0.67-beta

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/538848/100/0/threaded
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036236
• https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/137742/Putty-Beta-0.67-DLL-Hijacking.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/538848/100/0/threaded
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036236
• https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/137742/Putty-Beta-0.67-DLL-Hijacking.html

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