CVE-2016-6167

mediumpriority · track · 31EPSS 0.008 · 55 %ileEUUS

grimoire priorityP3 · Track

Exploitable?

—

no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

0.75% (55th) EPSS

CVSS 4.4 · medium

Is it mine?

2 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

3 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

Multiple untrusted search path vulnerabilities in Putty beta 0.67 allow local users to execute arbitrary code and conduct DLL hijacking attacks via a Trojan horse (1) UxTheme.dll or (2) ntmarta.dll file in the current working directory.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

7.8

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 4.4–7.8

v2.04.4mediumAV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:Pprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.4 · impact 6.4

v3.17.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 1.8 · impact 5.9

v3.17.1highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-426USprimary

affected products (2)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

n/a n/a≤ n/aenisa_euvdEU
putty putty= 0.67nvdUScpe:2.3:a:putty:putty:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

also known as (3)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2017-01-30modified 2026-06-17

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references (9)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/538848/100/0/threaded cnnvd
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036236 cnnvd
https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/137742/Putty-Beta-0.67-DLL-Hijacking.html cnnvd
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/538848/100/0/threaded enisa_euvd
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036236 enisa_euvd
https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/137742/Putty-Beta-0.67-DLL-Hijacking.html enisa_euvd
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/538848/100/0/threadedBroken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entrynvd
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036236Broken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entrynvd

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