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Putty Private Key Disclosure

ID: putty-private-key-disclosure

Severity: medium

Author: DhiyaneshDk,geeknik

Tags: exposure,files

Description

Section titled “Description”

Putty internal user key file is exposed.

YAML Source

Section titled “YAML Source”
id: putty-private-key-disclosure


info:
  name: Putty Private Key Disclosure
  author: DhiyaneshDk,geeknik
  severity: medium
  description: Putty internal user key file is exposed.
  reference:
    - https://github.com/detectify/ugly-duckling/blob/master/modules/crowdsourced/putty-private-key-disclosure.json
  classification:
    cpe: cpe:2.3:a:putty:putty:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  metadata:
    verified: true
    max-request: 8
    vendor: putty
    product: putty
    github-query: filename:putty.ppk
  tags: exposure,files


http:
  - method: GET
    path:
      - "{{BaseURL}}/my.ppk"
      - "{{BaseURL}}/putty.ppk"
      - "{{BaseURL}}/{{Hostname}}.ppk"
      - "{{BaseURL}}/.ssh/putty.ppk"
      - "{{BaseURL}}/.ssh/{{Hostname}}.ppk"
      - "{{BaseURL}}/.putty/my.ppk"
      - "{{BaseURL}}/.putty/putty.ppk"
      - "{{BaseURL}}/.putty/{{Hostname}}.ppk"


    stop-at-first-match: true


    matchers-condition: and
    matchers:
      - type: word
        part: body
        words:
          - "PuTTY-User-Key-File"
          - "Encryption:"
        condition: and


      - type: status
        status:
          - 200
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Guide to check the vulnerabilities

Section titled “Guide to check the vulnerabilities”

This template is used to detect vulnerabilities in web applications. It can be used with the Nuclei tool to scan for specific patterns or behaviors.

Terminal window
$ nuclei -u "URL" -t "http/exposures/files/putty-private-key-disclosure.yaml"

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