VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2015-6563
CVSS score6.4 MEDIUM
EPSS probability0.38%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2015-08-24
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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.
Weakness classification
- CWE-20: Improper Input Validation