CVE-2016-6167

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

0.75% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 52.4% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

7.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

NVD analysis status

Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

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.

Published

2017-01-30 22:00Z9 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-06 01:22Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2016-07-05

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-426Untrusted Search PathBase

Data version

5.1

Document digest

e522af2248911f9e828e4e681e8259cc2cf36bf9bc3b901089035b49809ff588

• packetstormsecurity.comhttps://packetstormsecurity.com/files/137742/Putty-Beta-0.67-DLL-Hijacking.htmlx_refsource_MISC
• www.securitytracker.com1036236http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036236vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
• www.securityfocus.com20160706 Re: Putty (beta 0.67) DLL Hijacking Vulnerabilityhttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/538848/100/0/threadedmailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ