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CVE-2000-1169

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2001-01-09 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

OpenSSH SSH client before 2.3.0 does not properly disable X11 or agent forwarding, which could allow a malicious SSH server to gain access to the X11 display and sniff X11 events, or gain access to the ssh-agent.

Affected products

• OpenSSH: 2.2

References

• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-11/0195.html
• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-11/0217.html
• http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000345
• http://lists.suse.com/archives/suse-security-announce/2000-Nov/0004.html
• http://www.debian.org/security/2000/20001118
• http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/MDKSA-2000-068.php3
• http://www.osvdb.org/2114
• http://www.osvdb.org/6248
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2000-111.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1949
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5517
• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-11/0195.html

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