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CVE-2008-1657

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2008-1657 describes a bypass vulnerability in OpenSSH versions 4.4 through 4.8, allowing authenticated remote users to circumvent the sshd_config ForceCommand directive by modifying the .ssh/rc session file. With a CVSS score of 6.5, this vulnerability has a medium severity, indicating that an attacker could achieve partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact with low attack complexity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
4.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:openbsd:openssh:4.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.4p1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:openbsd:openssh:4.4p1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:openbsd:openssh:4.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.6CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:openbsd:openssh:4.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.7CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:openbsd:openssh:4.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

6.5MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
SINGLE
Exploitability Score
8.0
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.22%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
80.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0222 is in the 92nd percentile among its peer group of 21,974 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2008-1657Low

openssh: commands in ~/.ssh/rc override ForceCommand directive

Mar 31, 2008

References

ftp.netbsd.org / pub/NetBSD/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2008-005.txt.asc
aix.software.ibm.com / aix/efixes/security/ssh_advisory.asc
lists.apple.com / archives/security-announce//2008/Sep/msg00005.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2008-04/msg00007.html
secunia.com / advisories/29602
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/29609
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/29683
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/29693
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/29735
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/29939
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/30361
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/31531
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/31882
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/32080
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/32110
Vendor Advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/41549
issues.rpath.com / browse/RPL-2419
support.attachmate.com / techdocs/2374.html
wiki.rpath.com / wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0139
gentoo.org / security/en/glsa/glsa-200804-03.xml
mandriva.com / security/advisories
openbsd.org / errata43.html
Patch
openssh.com / txt/release-4.9
Vendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / archive/1/490488/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / bid/28531
Patch
securitytracker.com / id
ubuntu.com / usn/usn-649-1
us-cert.gov / cas/techalerts/TA08-260A.html
US Government Resource
vupen.com / english/advisories/2008/1035/references
Vendor Advisory
vupen.com / english/advisories/2008/1624/references
Vendor Advisory
vupen.com / english/advisories/2008/2396
Vendor Advisory
vupen.com / english/advisories/2008/2584
Vendor Advisory