CVE-2019-19522 (GCVE-0-2019-19522)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2019-12-04 23:33
Modified
2024-08-05 02:16
Severity ?
CWE
  • n/a
Summary
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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