CyberRota Analysis
This is a high severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 7.8. It affects Windows.
CVE
CVE-2019-9896
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
7.8
EPSS
0.76%
Windows
Original NVD Description
In PuTTY versions before 0.71 on Windows, local attackers could hijack the application by putting a malicious help file in the same directory as the executable.
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