VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2000-0525
OpenSSH does not properly drop privileges when the UseLogin option is enabled, which allows local users to execute arbitrary commands by providing the command to the ssh daemon.
HIGH 10.0EPSS 2.63%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (2.63%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
OpenSSH does not properly drop privileges when the UseLogin option is enabled, which allows local users to execute arbitrary commands by providing the command to the ssh daemon.
- CVSS 2.0
- 10.0 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 2.63% probability · 85th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- openbsd/openssh
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-06/0065.html
- http://www.openbsd.org/errata.html#uselogin
- http://www.osvdb.org/341
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1334
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/4646
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-06/0065.html
- http://www.openbsd.org/errata.html#uselogin
- http://www.osvdb.org/341
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1334
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/4646
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.