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…
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- mitre
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.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 3 days later
· 3 days later
Published
- 11 years later
· 11 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CISA-ADPADP (enrichment) | 3.1 | Medium6.4 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Medium6.4 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.38% · top 68% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: total
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.4.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (18)
- [oss-security] 20150821 Re: CVE request - OpenSSH 6.9 PAM privilege separation vulnerabilities (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_transferred
- FEDORA-2015-13469 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_transferred
- APPLE-SA-2015-10-21-4 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_transferred
- https://support.apple.com/HT205375 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- 76317 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_transferred
- https://github.com/openssh/openssh-portable/commit/d4697fe9a28dab7255c60433e4dd23cf7fce8a8b (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- GLSA-201512-04 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_transferred
- http://www.openssh.com/txt/release-7.0 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- RHSA-2016:0741 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_transferred
- 20150813 BFS-SA-2015-002: OpenSSH PAM Privilege Separation Vulnerabilities (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_transferred
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjan2016-2867206.html (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- SUSE-SU-2015:1581 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_transferred
- [debian-lts-announce] 20180910 [SECURITY] [DLA 1500-1] openssh security update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_transferred
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20180201-0002/ (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://www.broadcom.com/support/fibre-channel-networking/security-advisories/brocade-security-advisory-2019-766 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-412672.pdf (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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