CVE-2001-1169
N/A
Published: March 15, 2002 at 05:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 09:55 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorS Key
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 1%
Description
keyinit in S/Key does not require authentication to initialize a one-time password sequence, which allows an attacker who has gained privileges to a user account to create new one-time passwords for use in other activities that may use S/Key authentication, such as sudo.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (1)
Mailing Listx_refsource_BUGTRAQPatchVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-08/0441.htmlQuick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
NVD-CWE-Other
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