8347 : PuTTY Window Title Escape Character Arbitrary Command Execution
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Views This Week	Views All Time	Added to OSVDB	Last Modified	Modified (since 2008)	Percent Complete
6	1085	over 7 years ago	over 3 years ago	0 times	85%

Timeline

Disclosure Date	Exploit Publish Date
2003-02-24	2003-02-24

Description

Putty contains a flaw that may allow a malicious user to insert arbitrary commands and execute them. The issue is triggered when an attacker sends commands, preceded by terminal emulator escape sequences. It is possible that the flaw may allow arbitrary code execution resulting in a loss of integrity.

Classification

Location: Remote / Network Access
Attack Type: Input Manipulation
Impact: Loss of Integrity
Exploit: Exploit Public

Solution

Upgrade to version 0.54 or higher, as it has been reported to fix this vulnerability. An upgrade is required as there are no known workarounds.

Products

Simon Tatham	PuTTY	0.53
		0.53b
		0.52

References

ISS X-Force ID: 11414
CVE ID: 2003-0069 (see also: NVD)
Secunia Advisory ID: 8146
Mail List Post: http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=bugtraq&m=104612710031920&w=2
Vendor URL: http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/
Vendor Specific Advisory URL: http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/changes.html
http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/wishlist/vuln-window-title.html

Tools & Filters

	14262

Credit

H D Moore - hdmmetasploit.com - DigitalOffense

CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 7.5
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2003-12-31 | Disagree?

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