Unauthenticated Keyinit Vulnerability in S/Key

CVE-2001-1169 · HIGH Severity

AV:N/AC:L/AU:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

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.

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