CVE-2015-6563

Published Aug 24, 2015

Last updated 4 days ago

Overview

Description
The monitor component in sshd in OpenSSH before 7.0 on non-OpenBSD platforms accepts extraneous username data in MONITOR_REQ_PAM_INIT_CTX requests, which allows local users to conduct impersonation attacks by leveraging any SSH login access in conjunction with control of the sshd uid to send a crafted MONITOR_REQ_PWNAM request, related to monitor.c and monitor_wrap.c.
Source
cve@mitre.org
NVD status
Modified
Products
openssh, mac_os_x

Risk scores

CVSS 3.1

Type
Secondary
Base score
6.4
Impact score
5.9
Exploitability score
0.5
Vector string
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Severity
MEDIUM

CVSS 2.0

Type
Primary
Base score
1.9
Impact score
2.9
Exploitability score
3.4
Vector string
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov
CWE-20
134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0
CWE-20

Social media

Hype score
Not currently trending

Configurations

References

Sources include official advisories and independent security research.