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Status published
High
CVE-2001-1169
keyinit in S/Key does not require authentication to initialize a...
Vulnerability 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.
Impact Analysis
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Remediation
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Credits & Attribution
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Affected Vendor
bell communications research
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s key
Vulnerable Versions:
gold
Timeline
Official Publish:
March 15th, 2002
Last Modified:
August 8th, 2024
Added to House:
July 18th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.