OpenBSD 6.6, in a non-default configuration where S/Key or YubiKey authentication is enabled, allows local users to become root by leveraging membership in the auth group. This occurs because root's file can be written to /etc/skey or /var/db/yubikey, and need not be owned by root.
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2019-9140 OpenBSD 6.6, in a non-default configuration where S/Key or YubiKey authentication is enabled, allows local users to become root by leveraging membership in the auth group. This occurs because root's file can be written to /etc/skey or /var/db/yubikey, and need not be owned by root.
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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-05T02:16:48.314Z

Reserved: 2019-12-03T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2019-19522

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Status : Modified

Published: 2019-12-05T00:15:11.497

Modified: 2024-11-21T04:34:52.990

Link: CVE-2019-19522

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