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CVE-2015-6563
MEDIUM · CVSS 6.4
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2015-08-24T01:59:00.127 · Last modified 2026-06-17T00:31:03.787

Summary

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.

Affected products

openbsd — openssh

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References

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