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    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 writing to a device, as demonstrated by writing an escape sequence.

    Published:Aug 11, 2015
    Last Modified:Apr 12, 2025
    EPS:Aug 24, 2015
    EPSS Score:0.00426
    CVSS Score:7.2

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Openbsd
    Product
    Openssh

    Exploits

    https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41173

    Common Weakness Enumeration

    No CWE recorded yet

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    No CAPEC recorded yet

    Related CVEs

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    CVE-2026-73281 (CVSS 3.5) — In ssh-agent in OpenSSH before 10.5, some operations can occur remotely but were intended to occur only locall…
    CVE-2026-60002 (CVSS 7.7) — ssh in OpenSSH before 10.4 can have a use-after-free when a server changes its host key during a key re-exchan…
    CVE-2026-60001 (CVSS 6.5) — sshd in OpenSSH before 10.4 does not always honor the minimum authentication delay.…
    CVE-2026-60000 (CVSS 3.7) — sshd in OpenSSH before 10.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource consumption from ex…
    CVE-2026-59999 (CVSS 5.9) — In sshd in OpenSSH before 10.4, DisableForwarding=yes was supposed to take precedence over PermitTunnel=yes, b…
    CVE-2026-59998 (CVSS 4.8) — sshd in OpenSSH before 10.4 has an undocumented security-relevant behavior: GSSAPIStrictAcceptorCheck has no v…
    CVE-2026-59997 (CVSS 4.2) — internal-sftp in sshd in OpenSSH before 10.4 recognizes only the first 9 command-line arguments, which can be …
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    References

    http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/26/2
    http://www.openssh.com/txt/release-7.0
    http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/22/1
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76497
    http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033917
    https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-412672.pdf
    https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05131085
    https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05150888
    https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05158380
    https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201512-04
    https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41173/
    http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/26/2
    http://www.openssh.com/txt/release-7.0
    http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/22/1
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76497
    http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033917
    https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-412672.pdf
    https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05131085
    https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05150888
    https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05158380
    https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201512-04
    https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41173/

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High