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CVE-2015-8325

openssh: privilege escalation via user's PAM environment and UseLogin=yes

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

7

CVSS 3.0

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Published · April 13, 2016

Updated · May 23, 2026

Description

It was discovered that the OpenSSH sshd daemon fetched PAM environment settings before running the login program. In configurations with UseLogin=yes and the pam_env PAM module configured to read user environment settings, a local user could use this flaw to execute arbitrary code as root.

CVSS score applicability

The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.

Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.0 · 7
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS 2.0 · 6.2
AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CWE-863 · Incorrect Authorization