Vulnerability Details : CVE-2015-6563

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.
Published 2015-08-24 01:59:00
Updated 2022-12-13 12:15:17
Source MITRE
View at NVD,   CVE.org
Vulnerability category: Input validation

Products affected by CVE-2015-6563

Threat overview for CVE-2015-6563

Top countries where our scanners detected CVE-2015-6563
Top open port discovered on systems with this issue 22
IPs affected by CVE-2015-6563 2,615,073
Threat actors abusing to this issue? Yes
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2015-6563

EPSS FAQ
0.04%
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days EPSS Score History
~ 8 %
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less

CVSS scores for CVE-2015-6563

Base Score Base Severity CVSS Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Score Source First Seen
1.9
 LOW AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
3.4
2.9
 NIST

CWE ids for CVE-2015-6563

  • The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly.
    Assigned by: nvd@nist.gov (Primary)

References for CVE-2015-6563

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