CVE-2015-6564
HIGH
7
CVSS Score
Published: August 24, 2015 at 12:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:31 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorOpenSSH
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Severity
HIGH7
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.6%
SSVC
No known exploit
Description
Use-after-free vulnerability in the mm_answer_pam_free_ctx function in monitor.c in sshd in OpenSSH before 7.0 on non-OpenBSD platforms might allow local users to gain privileges by leveraging control of the sshd uid to send an unexpectedly early MONITOR_REQ_PAM_FREE_CTX request.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (16)
Vendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-09/msg00017.htmlSSVC — Action Prioritization
SSVCNo known exploitNot automatableTotal impact
SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.
CVSS
7HIGHCISA-ADP
- Attack Vector
- LOCAL
- Complexity
- HIGH
- Privileges
- LOW
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- HIGH
- Integrity
- HIGH
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-264CWE-416
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