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CVE-2007-2243

17
FAUCET Score

CVE-2007-2243 describes an information disclosure vulnerability in OpenSSH 4.6 and earlier versions when ChallengeResponseAuthentication is enabled. Remote attackers can determine the existence of user accounts by observing differing responses during S/KEY authentication attempts. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0, indicating a medium severity, as it allows for information disclosure (C:P) with low attack complexity (AC:L) and no authentication required (Au:N). There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:openbsd:openssh:1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.2.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:openbsd:openssh:1.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.2.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:openbsd:openssh:1.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.2.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:openbsd:openssh:1.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.2.27CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:openbsd:openssh:1.2.27:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

5.0MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
NONE
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
2.47%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
82.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0247 is in the 74th percentile among its peer group of 23,723 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2007-2243

CVE-2007-2243

References

lists.grok.org.uk / pipermail/full-disclosure/2007-April/053906.html
lists.grok.org.uk / pipermail/full-disclosure/2007-April/053951.html
securityreason.com / securityalert/2631
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/33794
security.netapp.com / advisory/ntap-20191107-0003
osvdb.org / 34600
securityfocus.com / bid/23601