CVE-2008-1657
OpenSSH 4.4 up to versions before 4.9 allows remote authenticated users to bypass the sshd_config ForceCommand directive by modifying the .ssh/rc session file.
02 Description
OpenSSH 4.4 up to versions before 4.9 allows remote authenticated users to bypass the sshd_config ForceCommand directive by modifying the .ssh/rc session file.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 2.20% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 82.0% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- Low. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2008-04-02 18:00Z18 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 08:32Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2008-04-02
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 787bd803ca929692a26a16be28294903401a7cebbc46b185e02be6c987d5fa03
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.securityfocus.com28531http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28531
- support.attachmate.comhttp://support.attachmate.com/techdocs/2374.html
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-649-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-649-1
- secunia.com32110http://secunia.com/advisories/32110
- issues.rpath.comhttps://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2419
- lists.apple.comAPPLE-SA-2008-09-15http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2008/Sep/msg00005.html
- secunia.com29609http://secunia.com/advisories/29609
- secunia.com31531http://secunia.com/advisories/31531
- www.openbsd.org[4.3] 001: SECURITY FIX: March 30, 2008http://www.openbsd.org/errata43.html#001_openssh
- aix.software.ibm.comhttp://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/ssh_advisory.asc
- www.us-cert.govTA08-260Ahttp://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-260A.html
- www.openssh.comhttp://www.openssh.com/txt/release-4.9
- www.securitytracker.com1019733http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019733
- www.vupen.comADV-2008-1624http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1624/references
- www.vupen.comADV-2008-2584http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2584
- secunia.com29735http://secunia.com/advisories/29735
- secunia.com29683http://secunia.com/advisories/29683
- secunia.com30361http://secunia.com/advisories/30361
- secunia.com31882http://secunia.com/advisories/31882
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SR:2008:009http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-04/msg00007.html
- secunia.com32080http://secunia.com/advisories/32080
- www.vupen.comADV-2008-2396http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2396
- secunia.com29939http://secunia.com/advisories/29939
- www.vupen.comADV-2008-1035http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1035/references
- secunia.com29602http://secunia.com/advisories/29602
- www.securityfocus.com20080404 rPSA-2008-0139-1 gnome-ssh-askpass openssh openssh-client openssh-serverhttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/490488/100/0/threaded
- ftp.netbsd.orgNetBSD-SA2008-005ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2008-005.txt.asc
- wiki.rpath.comhttp://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0139
- secunia.com29693http://secunia.com/advisories/29693
- www.mandriva.comMDVSA-2008:098http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:098
- www.gentoo.orgGLSA-200804-03http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200804-03.xml
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comopenssh-forcecommand-command-execution(41549)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41549
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- openssh Fixed in 1:4.7p1-8
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- openssh Fixed in 1:4.7p1-8
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- openssh Fixed in 1:4.7p1-8
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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