7.5
HIGH
CVE-2006-5794
OpenSSH SSHd Privilege Separation Monitor Authentication Bypass
Description

Unspecified vulnerability in the sshd Privilege Separation Monitor in OpenSSH before 4.5 causes weaker verification that authentication has been successful, which might allow attackers to bypass authentication. NOTE: as of 20061108, it is believed that this issue is only exploitable by leveraging vulnerabilities in the unprivileged process, which are not known to exist.

INFO

Published Date :

Nov. 8, 2006, 8:07 p.m.

Last Modified :

Oct. 17, 2018, 9:45 p.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

6.4

Exploitability Score :

10.0
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2006-5794 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Openbsd openssh
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2006-5794.

URL Resource
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20061201-01-P.asc
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2006-0738.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/22771 Patch Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/22772
http://secunia.com/advisories/22773 Patch Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/22778
http://secunia.com/advisories/22814
http://secunia.com/advisories/22872
http://secunia.com/advisories/22932
http://secunia.com/advisories/23513
http://secunia.com/advisories/23680
http://secunia.com/advisories/24055
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017183
http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=461854&group_id=69227
http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=461863&group_id=69227
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-048.htm
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:204
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_26_sr.html
http://www.openpkg.org/security/advisories/OpenPKG-SA-2006.032-openssh.html
http://www.openssh.org/txt/release-4.5
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/451100/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20956 Patch
http://www.vmware.com/support/vi3/doc/esx-3069097-patch.html
http://www.vmware.com/support/vi3/doc/esx-9986131-patch.html
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4399
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4400
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30120
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-766
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11840

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2006-5794 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2006-5794 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 17, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/451100/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/451100/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 11, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11840 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11840 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jul. 20, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/30120 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30120 [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Nov. 09, 2006

    Action Type Old Value New Value
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2006-5794 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2006-5794 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

3.68 }} -0.00%

score

0.90816

percentile

CVSS2 - Vulnerability Scoring System
Access Vector
Access Complexity
Authentication
Confidentiality
Integrity
Availability