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CVE-2015-6565

HIGH · CVSS 7.2 EPSS 2.67% Public Exploit

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2015-08-24 · Last synced 2026-08-04

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CVE
CVE-2015-6565
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
7.2
EPSS
2.67%

Original NVD Description

sshd in OpenSSH 6.8 and 6.9 uses world-writable permissions for TTY devices, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (terminal disruption) or possibly have unspecified other impact by writing to a device, as demonstrated by writing an escape sequence.