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CVE-2000-0992

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 6.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2000-12-19 · updated 2026-09-23

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in scp in sshd 1.2.xx allows a remote malicious scp server to overwrite arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) attack.

Affected products

• OpenSSH: 1.2, 1.2.3
• Ssh: 1.2.14, 1.2.15, 1.2.16, 1.2.17, 1.2.18, 1.2.19 (+12)

References

• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-09/0359.html
• http://frontal2.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2000:057
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1742
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5312
• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-09/0359.html
• http://frontal2.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2000:057
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1742
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5312

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