HIGH
A race condition in the authentication agent mechanism of sshd 1.2.17 allows an attacker to steal another user's credentials
Published Oct 13, 2000
10.0
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 1.60%
Description
A race condition in the authentication agent mechanism of sshd 1.2.17 allows an attacker to steal another user's credentials.
Affected products
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
10.0 HIGH NVD
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Complete
Integrity Impact Complete
Availability Impact Complete
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
1.60% 0.01603
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 3, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.01603
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (12 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 3, 2026 | 1.60% (0.01603) | 74.98th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 1.60% (0.01603) | 72.59th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 0.41% (0.00407) | 58.23th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 1.47% (0.01467) | 69.03th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.41% (0.00407) | 59.03th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 11.70% (0.11698) | 95.53th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 20, 2023 | 11.70% (0.11698) | 94.36th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 4.21% (0.04206) | 90.90th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 0.89% (0.00885) | 27.89th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Sep 10, 2022 | 0.89% (0.00885) | 26.24th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 0.89% (0.00885) | 24.24th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 0.89% (0.00885) | 10.50th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (0)
No CWE recorded.
References (2)
- http://oliver.efri.hr/~crv/security/bugs/mUNIXes/ssh2.html x_refsource_MISC
- http://www.uni-karlsruhe.de/~ig25/ssh-faq/ssh-faq-6.html#ss6.1 x_refsource_CONFIRM
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://oliver.efri.hr/~crv/security/bugs/mUNIXes/ssh2.html | x_refsource_MISC | |
| http://www.uni-karlsruhe.de/~ig25/ssh-faq/ssh-faq-6.html#ss6.1 | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Oct 13, 2000
Updated Aug 1, 2024
Reserved Jun 7, 1999
Link CVE-1999-0248
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a