CVE-2016-6167

CVE-2016-6167 describes multiple untrusted search path vulnerabilities in PuTTY beta 0.67. This flaw allows local attackers to execute arbitrary code and perform DLL hijacking by placing malicious UxTheme.dll or ntmarta.dll files in the current working directory. With a CVSS score of 7.8 (High), the vulnerability has a low attack complexity and can lead to high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability if a user is tricked into running PuTTY from a compromised directory. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.