VIR Vulnerability Intelligence Relay

CVE-2012-6066

critical
Published 2012-12-04 · Modified 2026-04-29
CVSS v3
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CVSS v2
9.3
VIR risk
9.3

Description

freeSSHd.exe in freeSSHd through 1.2.6 allows remote attackers to bypass authentication via a crafted session, as demonstrated by an OpenSSH client with modified versions of ssh.c and sshconnect2.c.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

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Application impact
VendorProductVersionsFixed
freesshdfreesshd{"endIncluding":"1.2.6"}
freesshdfreesshd1.2.1
freesshdfreesshd1.2.2

References

CWEs

CWE-287

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.