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CVE-2003-0786

• Severity: critical (CVSS 10.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 3.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2003-11-17 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

The SSH1 PAM challenge response authentication in OpenSSH 3.7.1 and 3.7.1p1, when Privilege Separation is disabled, does not check the result of the authentication attempt, which can allow remote attackers to gain privileges.

Affected products

• OpenSSH: 3.7.1, 3.7.1p1

References

• http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2003-September/010812.html
• http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/602204
• http://www.openssh.com/txt/sshpam.adv
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/338616
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/338617
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/8677
• http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2003-September/010812.html
• http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/602204
• http://www.openssh.com/txt/sshpam.adv
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/338616
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/338617
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/8677

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