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CVE-2001-0259

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2001-0259 describes a vulnerability in ssh-keygen within SSH versions 1.2.27 through 1.2.30 when utilizing Secure-RPC. This flaw allows local attackers to recover a SUN-DES-1 magic phrase belonging to another user, subsequently enabling them to decrypt that user's private key file. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 3.6 (LOW), indicating a local attack vector with low complexity and potential for partial confidentiality and integrity impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, though an ExploitDB entry exists (EDB-20560), and it has received no community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.2.27CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ssh:ssh:1.2.27:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.2.28CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ssh:ssh:1.2.28:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.2.29CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ssh:ssh:1.2.29:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.2.30CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ssh:ssh:1.2.30:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

3.6LOW

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
4.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.84%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
54.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-20560 · Jan 16, 2001
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0084 is in the 87th percentile among its peer group of 2,096 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.6 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

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

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

archives.neohapsis.com / archives/bugtraq/2001-01/0262.html
ExploitPatchVendor Advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/5963
securityfocus.com / bid/2222
ExploitPatchVendor Advisory
ssh.com / products/ssh/patches/secureRPCvulnerability.html
ExploitVendor Advisory