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CVE-1999-1159

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.6 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 1998-12-29 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

SSH 2.0.11 and earlier allows local users to request remote forwarding from privileged ports without being root.

Affected products

• Ssh2: 2.0.11

References

• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=91495920911490&w=2
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/1471
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=91495920911490&w=2
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/1471

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