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CVE-2000-0525
OpenSSH does not properly drop privileges when the UseLogin option is enabled, which allows local users to execute arbitrary commands by…
High10.0EPSS 2.6%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- mitre
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.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 3 months later
· 3 months later
Published
- 24 years later
· 24 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High10.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.6% · top 14% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 10.0.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (5)
- openssh-uselogin-remote-exec(4646) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 20000606 The non-default UseLogin feature in /etc/sshd_config is broken and should not be used. (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_OPENBSDx_transferred
- 341 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- 20000609 OpenSSH's UseLogin option allows remote access with root privilege. (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 1334 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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