CVE-2015-8325
The do_setup_env function in session.c in sshd in OpenSSH through 7.2p2, when the UseLogin feature is enabled and PAM is configured to read .pam_environment files in user home directories, allows local users to gain privileges by triggering a crafted…
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.60%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
The do_setup_env function in session.c in sshd in OpenSSH through 7.2p2, when the UseLogin feature is enabled and PAM is configured to read .pam_environment files in user home directories, allows local users to gain privileges by triggering a crafted environment for the /bin/login program, as demonstrated by an LD_PRELOAD environment variable.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.60% probability · 49th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-264, CWE-1262
- Affected
- debian/debian linux · openbsd/openssh · canonical/ubuntu core · canonical/ubuntu linux · canonical/ubuntu touch
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 0.6% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2588.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0641.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3550
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/86187
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036487
- https://anongit.mindrot.org/openssh.git/commit/?id=85bdcd7c92fe7ff133bbc4e10a65c91810f88755
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1328012
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-412672.pdf
- https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/2015/CVE-2015-8325.html
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-8325
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-18
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20180628-0001/
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2588.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0641.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3550
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/86187
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036487
- https://anongit.mindrot.org/openssh.git/commit/?id=85bdcd7c92fe7ff133bbc4e10a65c91810f88755
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1328012
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-412672.pdf
- https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/2015/CVE-2015-8325.html
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-8325
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-18
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20180628-0001/
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.