What is CVE-2012-6066?

CVE-2012-6066 is a vulnerability in Freesshd, classified under Improper Authentication. Published 2012-12-04.

Is CVE-2012-6066 known to be exploited?

2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Auth bypass in Freesshd

CVE-2012-6066

freeSSHd.exe in freeSSHd through 1.2.6 allows remote attackers to bypass authentication via a crafted session, as demonstrated by an OpenSSH client with modified versions of ssh.c and sshconnect2.c.

Vulnerability class: Broken Authentication

EPSS: 0.759 (98.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

Freesshd — versions 1.2.1, 1.2.2
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-287 — Improper Authentication

Public proof-of-concept exploits

bongbongco/CVE-2012-6066
rapid7/metasploit-framework

References

20121201 FreeSSHD Remote Authentication Bypass Zeroday Exploit (mailing-list, x_refsource_FULLDISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2012-6066?: CVE-2012-6066 is a vulnerability in Freesshd, classified under Improper Authentication. Published 2012-12-04.
Is CVE-2012-6066 known to be exploited?: 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.