Exploitation Summary
EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2006-5229. PoCs published by Marco Ivaldi.
AI-analyzed exploit summary This script exploits a timing attack vulnerability in OpenSSH (CVE-2006-5229) to determine valid usernames by measuring response time discrepancies. It uses Expect to automate SSH login attempts and analyzes the time taken for 'Permission denied' responses.
Description
OpenSSH portable 4.1 on SUSE Linux, and possibly other platforms and versions, and possibly under limited configurations, allows remote attackers to determine valid usernames via timing discrepancies in which responses take longer for valid usernames than invalid ones, as demonstrated by sshtime. NOTE: as of 20061014, it appears that this issue is dependent on the use of manually-set passwords that causes delays when processing /etc/shadow due to an increased number of rounds.
Exploits (1)
This script exploits a timing attack vulnerability in OpenSSH (CVE-2006-5229) to determine valid usernames by measuring response time discrepancies. It uses Expect to automate SSH login attempts and analyzes the time taken for 'Permission denied' responses.