{"cve":"CVE-2019-9896","nvd":{"published":"2019-03-21T16:01:17.813","modified":"2026-06-17T02:44:48.540","status":"Modified","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.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","score":7.8},"cwes":["CWE-427"],"references":["http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00004.html","http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00020.html","https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190404-0001/","https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/changes.html","http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00004.html"],"products":["opensuse:backports_sle","opensuse:leap","putty:putty"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T20:55:22.313337056+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2019-9896","score":0.00759,"percentile":0.5526,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}