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CVE-2001-1474

15
FAUCET Score

CVE-2001-1474 describes a vulnerability in SSH versions prior to 2.0 where host key checking is disabled for localhost connections. This flaw allows remote attackers to silently redirect client connections to localhost through DNS cache poisoning. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0 (Medium), indicating a network-based attack with low complexity, requiring no authentication, and potentially leading to information integrity compromise. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.2.24CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ssh:ssh:1.2.24:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.2.25CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ssh:ssh:1.2.25:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.2.26CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ssh:ssh:1.2.26:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

5.0MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.17%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
64.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0117 is in the 42nd percentile among its peer group of 23,723 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, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 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

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

openldappatch availablevia llm_extracted
Fixed in: 2.9.9
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

openldapllm-openldap-55fd4f3ba65101a8

File deletion vulnerability with X11 forwarding enabled.

May 21, 2001

References

exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/6604
kb.cert.org / vuls/id/786900
Third Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource