CVE-2003-0048 describes a vulnerability in PuTTY versions 0.53b and earlier where logon credentials, including plaintext passwords, are not properly cleared from memory. This allows an attacker with local memory access to steal SSH credentials. With a CVSS score of 4.6, this vulnerability has a low attack complexity and requires local access, but can lead to confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. While there is no evidence of active exploitation, no known public exploits, and it is not on the KEV catalog, the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
0.48CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:putty:putty:0.48:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.49CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:putty:putty:0.49:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.53CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:putty:putty:0.53:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.53bCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:putty:putty:0.53b:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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Remediation records are not available for this CVE.