CVE-2000-0217 describes a vulnerability in the default configuration of SSH, specifically affecting OpenBSD and SSH.com products, where X forwarding is enabled. This allows a remote attacker, through a malicious xauth program, to gain control over a client's X sessions. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.1 (Medium), indicating a network-based attack with high access complexity, potentially leading to partial compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, no known exploit code in Metasploit, Nuclei, or ExploitDB, and it has received no community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
1.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:openbsd:openssh:1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.2.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ssh:ssh:1.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.2.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ssh:ssh:1.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.2.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ssh:ssh:1.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.2.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ssh:ssh:1.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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