01 Record
CVE-2015-6565
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
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 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
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
- 2.66% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 85.4% 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 2026-06-17.
- 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
- 2015-08-24 00:00Z11 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 07:22Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2015-08-21
- 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
- 10ef938502b98959a40264d4d445120ce34ebe27be24f011135315a53c19ed49
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20150821 Re: CVE request - OpenSSH 6.9 PAM privilege separation vulnerabilitieshttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/22/1
- h20566.www2.hpe.comhttps://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05131085
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-201512-04https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201512-04
- www.securitytracker.com1033917http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033917
- h20566.www2.hpe.comhttps://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05150888
- www.openssh.comhttp://www.openssh.com/txt/release-7.0
- h20566.www2.hpe.comhttps://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05158380
- www.exploit-db.com41173https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41173/
- openwall.com[oss-security] 20170126 Re: OpenSSH: CVE-2015-6565 (pty issue in 6.8-6.9) can lead to local privesc on Linuxhttp://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/26/2
- www.securityfocus.com76497http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76497
- cert-portal.siemens.comhttps://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-412672.pdf