CVE-2005-2770 — WRQ Reflection for Secure IT Windows Server 6.0 (formerly known as F-Secure SSH server) does not properly handle when the Windows Administrator or Guest accounts are renamed after SSH key authentication has been configured, which allows remote attackers to use the original names during login

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WRQ Reflection for Secure IT Windows Server 6.0 (formerly known as F-Secure SSH server) does not properly handle when the Windows Administrator or Guest accounts are renamed after SSH key authentication has been configured, which allows remote attackers to use the original names during login

Published Sep 2, 2005

7.5

HIGH

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 3.33%

Description

WRQ Reflection for Secure IT Windows Server 6.0 (formerly known as F-Secure SSH server) does not properly handle when the Windows Administrator or Guest accounts are renamed after SSH key authentication has been configured, which allows remote attackers to use the original names during login.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

3.33% 0.03326

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.03326

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 (10 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	3.33% (0.03326)	88.20th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	3.33% (0.03326)	86.99th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	1.34% (0.01340)	78.68th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	1.08% (0.01079)	84.93th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Apr 16, 2024	1.17% (0.01166)	84.73th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	1.17% (0.01166)	82.72th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	1.21% (0.01213)	66.61th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 17, 2023	1.21% (0.01213)	66.22th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	1.21% (0.01213)	64.21th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	1.21% (0.01213)	40.54th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (0)

No CWE recorded.

References (4)

http://secunia.com/advisories/16649/
third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAPatch
http://securitytracker.com/id?1014835
vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
http://support.wrq.com/techdocs/1910.html
x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/902110
third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNThird Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource

Link	Providers	Tags
http://secunia.com/advisories/16649/		third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAPatch
http://securitytracker.com/id?1014835		vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
http://support.wrq.com/techdocs/1910.html		x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/902110		third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNThird Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Sep 2, 2005

Updated Aug 7, 2024

Reserved Sep 2, 2005

Link CVE-2005-2770

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Link CVE-2005-2770

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2005-2770