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A vulnerability was found in OpenSSH 4.0 (Connectivity Software). It has been rated as critical. This issue affects an unknown code block. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-264. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

sshd in OpenSSH 4 on Debian GNU/Linux, and the 20070303 OpenSSH snapshot, allows remote authenticated users to obtain access to arbitrary SELinux roles by appending a :/ (colon slash) sequence, followed by the role name, to the username.

The weakness was disclosed 07/18/2008 by kingcope (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at milw0rm.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2008-3234 since 07/18/2008. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. The requirement for exploitation is a simple authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1068 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 31737 (OpenSSH X11 Forwarding Session Hijacking), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Misc..

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (44037) and Tenable (31737).

Productinfo

Type

• Connectivity Software

Name

• OpenSSH

Version

• 4.0

License

• open-source

CPE 2.3info

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CPE 2.2info

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CVSSv4info

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.3

VulDB Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Temp Score: 6.3
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CVSSv2info

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-264
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ATT&CK: 🔍

Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔍
Status: Proof-of-Concept
Download: 🔍

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Nessus ID: 31737
Nessus Name: OpenSSH X11 Forwarding Session Hijacking
Nessus File: 🔍
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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

04/03/2008 🔍
07/17/2008 +105 days 🔍
07/18/2008 +1 days 🔍
07/18/2008 +0 days 🔍
07/18/2008 +0 days 🔍
07/02/2013 +1810 days 🔍
03/17/2015 +623 days 🔍
08/01/2021 +2329 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: milw0rm.com⛔
Researcher: kingcope
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2008-3234 (🔍)
X-Force: 44037
Vulnerability Center: 40279 - OpenBSD OpenSSH 4 Remote Privilege Escalation by Unauthorized Accessing SELinux Roles, Medium
SecurityFocus: 30276 - Debian OpenSSH SELinux Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Entryinfo

Created: 03/17/2015 12:19
Updated: 08/01/2021 14:12
Changes: 03/17/2015 12:19 (56), 05/04/2017 10:39 (5), 08/01/2021 14:07 (3), 08/01/2021 14:12 (1)
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