VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2015-6565
CVSS score7.2 HIGH
EPSS probability2.67%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2015-08-24
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Description
sshd in OpenSSH 6.8 and 6.9 uses world-writable permissions for TTY devices, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (terminal disruption) or possibly have unspecified other impact by writing to a device, as demonstrated by writing an escape sequence.