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CVE-2000-0525

• Severity: critical (CVSS 10.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2000-06-08 · updated 2026-06-16

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.

Affected products

• OpenSSH: 1.2, 1.2.3, 2.1

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

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