CVSS 3.1
7.8 highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HCVE-2019-19522
High (7.8) in openbsd openbsd. EPSS 0.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
OpenBSD 6.6, in a non-default configuration where S/Key or YubiKey authentication is enabled, allows local users to become root by leveraging membership in the auth group. This occurs because root's file can be written to /etc/skey or /var/db/yubikey, and need not be owned by root.
Severity
- EPSS
- 0.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 40% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
- CWE
- CWE-732
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
Affected
- openbsd:openbsd
References
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155572/Qualys-Security-Advisory-OpenBSD-Authentication-Bypass-Privilege-Escalation.html
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Dec/14
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/12/04/5
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Dec/8
- https://www.openbsd.org/errata66.html