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CVE-2001-1169

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2001-09-02 · updated 2026-06-16

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 products

• Bell Communications Research S Key: gold

References

• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-08/0441.html
• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-08/0441.html

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