CVE-2006-7162 — PuTTY 0.59 and earlier uses weak file permissions for (1) ppk files containing private keys generated by puttygen and (2) session logs created by putty, which allows local users to gain sensitive information by reading these files

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PuTTY 0.59 and earlier uses weak file permissions for (1) ppk files containing private keys generated by puttygen and (2) session logs created by putty, which allows local users to gain sensitive information by reading these files

Published Mar 7, 2007

1.9

LOW

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 0.30%

Description

PuTTY 0.59 and earlier uses weak file permissions for (1) ppk files containing private keys generated by puttygen and (2) session logs created by putty, which allows local users to gain sensitive information by reading these files.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

0.30% 0.00298

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.00298

Score over time

2022–2026

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Percentile over time

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Table of values (9 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	0.30% (0.00298)	20.32th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	0.30% (0.00298)	21.23th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.04% (0.00037)	7.91th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.04% (0.00042)	5.07th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.04% (0.00042)	5.63th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	0.89% (0.00885)	27.89th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Sep 10, 2022	0.89% (0.00885)	26.24th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	0.89% (0.00885)	24.24th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	0.89% (0.00885)	10.50th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (0)

No CWE recorded.

References (2)

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=400804
x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24381
third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory

Link	Providers	Tags
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=400804		x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24381		third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Mar 7, 2007

Updated Sep 16, 2024

Reserved Mar 7, 2007

Link CVE-2006-7162

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Link CVE-2006-7162

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2006-7162