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CVE-2003-0786
The SSH1 PAM challenge response authentication in OpenSSH 3.7.1 and 3.7.1p1, when Privilege Separation is disabled, does not check the…
High10.0EPSS 3.6%
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- mitre
Description
The SSH1 PAM challenge response authentication in OpenSSH 3.7.1 and 3.7.1p1, when Privilege Separation is disabled, does not check the result of the authentication attempt, which can allow remote attackers to gain privileges.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High10.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 3.6% · top 11% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 10.0.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (6)
- http://www.openssh.com/txt/sshpam.adv (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 8677 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 20030923 Multiple PAM vulnerabilities in portable OpenSSH (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 20030923 Portable OpenSSH 3.7.1p2 released (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 20030924 [OpenPKG-SA-2003.042] OpenPKG Security Advisory (openssh) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
- VU#602204 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
Record last updated .