Vulnerability in SSH Secure Shell
CVE-2001-0553
SSH Secure Shell 3.0.0 on Unix systems does not properly perform password authentication to the sshd2 daemon, which allows local users to gain access to accounts with short password fields, such as locked accounts that use "NP" in the password field.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 7.2 (High). Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.013 (70.0th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 70th percentile — 70.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.013 · newest: 0.013 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- SSH Secure Shell — versions 3.0.0
References
- archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-07/0486.html (Vendor Advisory, mailing-list, Exploit, Patch)
- www.ssh.com/products/ssh/exploit.cfm
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6868 (vdb-entry)
- www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/737451 (US Government Resource, third-party-advisory)
- www.osvdb.org/586 (vdb-entry)
- www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/l-121.shtml (government-resource, third-party-advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/3078 (vdb-entry)