CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
SINGLE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
NONE
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:N
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
NONE
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
AI Score
Confidence
High
EPSS
Percentile
87.9%
openssh xauth command injection may lead to forced-command and
/bin/false bypass
# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2016 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
CPE = "cpe:/a:openbsd:openssh";
if(description)
{
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.105581");
script_version("2023-07-20T05:05:17+0000");
script_cve_id("CVE-2016-3115");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"5.5");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:N");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2023-07-20 05:05:17 +0000 (Thu, 20 Jul 2023)");
script_tag(name:"severity_vector", value:"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N");
script_tag(name:"severity_origin", value:"NVD");
script_tag(name:"severity_date", value:"2018-09-11 10:29:00 +0000 (Tue, 11 Sep 2018)");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2016-03-21 11:45:13 +0100 (Mon, 21 Mar 2016)");
script_name("OpenSSH <= 7.2p1 - Xauth Injection");
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2016 Greenbone AG");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_family("General");
script_dependencies("gb_openssh_consolidation.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("openssh/detected");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.openssh.com/txt/release-7.2p2");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"openssh xauth command injection may lead to forced-command and
/bin/false bypass");
script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"An authenticated user may inject arbitrary xauth commands by sending an
x11 channel request that includes a newline character in the x11 cookie. The newline acts as a command
separator to the xauth binary. This attack requires the server to have 'X11Forwarding yes' enabled.
Disabling it, mitigates this vector.");
script_tag(name:"impact", value:"By injecting xauth commands one gains limited* read/write arbitrary files,
information leakage or xauth-connect capabilities.");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"OpenSSH versions before 7.2p2.");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Upgrade to OpenSSH version 7.2p2 or later.");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"remote_banner_unreliable");
exit(0);
}
include("version_func.inc");
include("host_details.inc");
if( isnull( port = get_app_port( cpe:CPE ) ) )
exit( 0 );
if( ! infos = get_app_version_and_location( cpe:CPE, port:port, exit_no_version:TRUE ) )
exit( 0 );
vers = infos["version"];
path = infos["location"];
if( vers =~ "^[0-6]\." || vers =~ "^7\.[01]($|[^0-9])" || vers =~ "^7.2($|p1)" ) {
report = report_fixed_ver( installed_version:vers, fixed_version:"7.2p2", install_path:path );
security_message( port:port, data:report );
exit( 0 );
}
exit( 99 );
CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
SINGLE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
NONE
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:N
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
NONE
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
AI Score
Confidence
High
EPSS
Percentile
87.9%