CVE-2003-0048
PuTTY 0.53b and earlier does not clear logon credentials from memory, including plaintext passwords, which could allow attackers with access to memory to steal the SSH credentials.
02 Description
PuTTY 0.53b and earlier does not clear logon credentials from memory, including plaintext passwords, which could allow attackers with access to memory to steal the SSH credentials.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 0.38% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 31.8% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2003-02-01 05:00Z23 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-08 01:43Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2003-01-28
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- No CWE assigned
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 7f824f23d107a6a7174fd7f5dc9c5dc48a0e3b5b9eed0b50a8c3b864bb14cae8
05 Affected products
06 References
- marc.info20030129 iDEFENSE Security Advisory 01.28.03: SSH2 Clients Insecurely Store Passwordshttp://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=104386492422014&w=2
- www.securitytracker.com1006014http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1006014
- www.securityfocus.com6724http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6724
- www.idefense.comhttp://www.idefense.com/advisory/01.28.03.txt
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- putty Fixed in 0.53-b-2003-01-04-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- putty Fixed in 0.53-b-2003-01-04-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- putty Fixed in 0.53-b-2003-01-04-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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