CVE-2000-0992 describes a directory traversal vulnerability in the scp component of sshd 1.2.xx, affecting OpenSSH and SSH products. A malicious scp server can exploit this flaw to overwrite arbitrary files on a client system through a "dot dot" attack. Rated as Medium severity (CVSS 5.0), this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low attack complexity, potentially leading to unauthorized file modification. While there is no evidence of active exploitation, an ExploitDB entry exists, and the CVE has minimal community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
1.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:openbsd:openssh:1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.2.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:openbsd:openssh:1.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.2.14CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ssh:ssh:1.2.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.2.15CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ssh:ssh:1.2.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.2.16CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ssh:ssh:1.2.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
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No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.