CVE-2000-0525 - CVE House
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Status published Critical CVE-2000-0525

OpenSSH does not properly drop privileges when the UseLogin option...

Vulnerability 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.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

Affected Vendor

Affected Software

openssh
Vulnerable Versions:
1.2, 1.2.3, 2.1

Timeline

Official Publish: October 13th, 2000
Last Modified: August 8th, 2024
Added to House: July 17th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.