CVE-2000-0992

Exp

Directory traversal vulnerability in scp in sshd 1.2.xx allows a remote malicious scp server to overwrite arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) attack.

Published: 2000-12-19 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2000-0992 is rated High Exploit Risk (70/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 5.67%, 92th percentile). 3 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +2.82% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2000-0992

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
20253 exploit_db edb 2000-09-30 Exploit-DB ↗
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2000-0992

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 2.85% 5.67% +2.82%
2 2026-01-13 2.83% 2.85% +0.02%
3 2025-03-30 — 2.83% —

Full EPSS history (10 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2000-0992

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 10.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2000-0992

OS Trackers for CVE-2000-0992

vendor priority summary link
debian low CVE-2000-0992 low priority: Debian including 1 source packages (openssh), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2000-0992

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2000-0992

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
openbsd openssh 1.2 cpe:2.3:a:openbsd:openssh:1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
openbsd openssh 1.2.3 cpe:2.3:a:openbsd:openssh:1.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ssh ssh 1.2.14 cpe:2.3:a:ssh:ssh:1.2.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ssh ssh 1.2.15 cpe:2.3:a:ssh:ssh:1.2.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ssh ssh 1.2.16 cpe:2.3:a:ssh:ssh:1.2.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ssh ssh 1.2.17 cpe:2.3:a:ssh:ssh:1.2.17:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ssh ssh 1.2.18 cpe:2.3:a:ssh:ssh:1.2.18:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ssh ssh 1.2.19 cpe:2.3:a:ssh:ssh:1.2.19:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ssh ssh 1.2.20 cpe:2.3:a:ssh:ssh:1.2.20:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ssh ssh 1.2.21 cpe:2.3:a:ssh:ssh:1.2.21:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ssh ssh 1.2.22 cpe:2.3:a:ssh:ssh:1.2.22:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ssh ssh 1.2.23 cpe:2.3:a:ssh:ssh:1.2.23:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ssh ssh 1.2.24 cpe:2.3:a:ssh:ssh:1.2.24:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ssh ssh 1.2.25 cpe:2.3:a:ssh:ssh:1.2.25:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ssh ssh 1.2.26 cpe:2.3:a:ssh:ssh:1.2.26:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ssh ssh 1.2.27 cpe:2.3:a:ssh:ssh:1.2.27:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ssh ssh 1.2.28 cpe:2.3:a:ssh:ssh:1.2.28:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ssh ssh 1.2.29 cpe:2.3:a:ssh:ssh:1.2.29:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ssh ssh 1.2.30 cpe:2.3:a:ssh:ssh:1.2.30:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ssh ssh 1.2.31 cpe:2.3:a:ssh:ssh:1.2.31:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2000-0992

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