Vulnerability in OpenBSD OpenSSH
CVE-2001-1459
OpenSSH 2.9 and earlier does not initiate a Pluggable Authentication Module (PAM) session if commands are executed with no pty, which allows local users to bypass resource limits (rlimits) set in pam.d.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.022 (81.5th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 81st percentile — 81.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.022 · newest: 0.022 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- OpenBSD OpenSSH — versions 2.1, 2.1.1, 2.2
References
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/2917 (vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory)
- www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/797027 (US Government Resource, Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- marc.info/ (mailing-list)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6757 (vdb-entry)