01 Record
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.
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 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.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 2.62% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 85.1% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2000-10-13 04:00Z26 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-08 05:21Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2000-07-11
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- No CWE assigned
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 3201b8c2fa02f0a6c5abb3ad96efaecd6eb3a18b801301cb49b7a0807ca03c93
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comopenssh-uselogin-remote-exec(4646)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/4646
- www.openbsd.org20000606 The non-default UseLogin feature in /etc/sshd_config is broken and should not be used.http://www.openbsd.org/errata.html#uselogin
- www.osvdb.org341http://www.osvdb.org/341
- archives.neohapsis.com20000609 OpenSSH's UseLogin option allows remote access with root privilege.http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-06/0065.html
- www.securityfocus.com1334http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1334