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CVE-2003-0048 — MEDIUM severity vulnerability (PuTTY 0.53b and earlier does not clear logon credentials fro)

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.

CVE IDCVE-2003-0048
SeverityMEDIUM
CVSS score4.6
CVSS vectorAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
CWENVD-CWE-Other
StatusModified
Published2003-02-19
Last modified2026-04-16
DescriptionPuTTY 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.
SourceNIST National Vulnerability Database

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