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CVE-2003-0048
PuTTY 0.53b and earlier does not clear logon credentials from memory, including plaintext passwords, which could allow attackers with…
Medium4.6EPSS 0.38%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- mitre
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.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 4 days later
· 4 days later
Published
- 22 years later
· 22 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium4.6 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.38% · top 68% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.6.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (4)
- 20030129 iDEFENSE Security Advisory 01.28.03: SSH2 Clients Insecurely Store Passwords (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 1006014 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 6724 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- http://www.idefense.com/advisory/01.28.03.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
Sources
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- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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