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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in SSH up to 2.0.12 (SSH Server Software). Affected is an unknown code of the component X Forwarding Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-269. The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:
The default configuration of SSH allows X forwarding, which could allow a remote attacker to control a client s X sessions via a malicious xauth program.
The weakness was presented 02/24/2000 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2000-0217. The exploitability is told to be difficult. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1068.
The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 44067 (OpenSSH < 1.2.3 xauth Session Highjacking), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Misc. and running in the context r.
Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 4 weeks after the disclosure of the vulnerability.
The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (4037) and Tenable (44067).
Not Affected
- OpenSSH
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CPE 2.3
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CVSSv4
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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.6VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.4
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Exploiting
Class: Privileges managementCWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
ATT&CK: T1068
Local: No
Remote: Yes
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Status: Not defined
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Nessus ID: 44067
Nessus Name: OpenSSH < 1.2.3 xauth Session Highjacking
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Countermeasures
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Timeline
02/24/2000 🔍02/24/2000 🔍
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03/17/2000 🔍
11/17/2003 🔍
10/04/2011 🔍
06/23/2014 🔍
10/08/2020 🔍
Sources
Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔Researcher: This vulnerability was posted to the Bugtraq mailing list by Brian Caswell
Status: Not defined
CVE: CVE-2000-0217 (🔍)
X-Force: 4037
Vulnerability Center: 2868 - SSH client Allows Remote Control, High
SecurityFocus: 1006 - SSH client xauth Vulnerability
Entry
Created: 06/23/2014 17:52Updated: 10/08/2020 10:14
Changes: 06/23/2014 17:52 (68), 05/16/2019 17:58 (1), 10/08/2020 10:14 (1)
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