Directory traversal vulnerability in scp for OpenSSH before 3.4p1 allows remote malicious servers to overwrite arbitrary files. NOTE: this may be a rediscovery of CVE-2000-0992.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2004-0175 is rated Moderate Risk (45.2/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.82%). Core evidence: EPSS rose +1.44% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Mandatory action: Review affected assets and schedule remediation.
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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 | 0.39% | 1.82% | +1.44% |
| 2 | 2026-02-06 | 0.31% | 0.39% | +0.08% |
| 3 | 2025-12-28 | — | 0.31% | — |
Full EPSS history (14 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4.3 | 2.0 | MEDIUM |
|
8.6 | 2.9 | [email protected] |
| vendor | priority | summary | link |
|---|---|---|---|
debian
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low | CVE-2004-0175 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-2004-0175 |
redhat
|
low | — | https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2004-0175 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 is not vulnerable to this issue as it contains a backported patch.
| Vendor | Product | Version | Raw CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| openbsd | openssh | 3.0 | cpe:2.3:a:openbsd:openssh:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| openbsd | openssh | 3.0.1 | cpe:2.3:a:openbsd:openssh:3.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| openbsd | openssh | 3.0.1p1 | cpe:2.3:a:openbsd:openssh:3.0.1p1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| openbsd | openssh | 3.0.2 | cpe:2.3:a:openbsd:openssh:3.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| openbsd | openssh | 3.0.2p1 | cpe:2.3:a:openbsd:openssh:3.0.2p1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| openbsd | openssh | 3.0p1 | cpe:2.3:a:openbsd:openssh:3.0p1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| openbsd | openssh | 3.1 | cpe:2.3:a:openbsd:openssh:3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| openbsd | openssh | 3.1p1 | cpe:2.3:a:openbsd:openssh:3.1p1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| openbsd | openssh | 3.2 | cpe:2.3:a:openbsd:openssh:3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| openbsd | openssh | 3.2.2p1 | cpe:2.3:a:openbsd:openssh:3.2.2p1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| openbsd | openssh | 3.2.3p1 | cpe:2.3:a:openbsd:openssh:3.2.3p1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| openbsd | openssh | 3.3 | cpe:2.3:a:openbsd:openssh:3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| openbsd | openssh | 3.3p1 | cpe:2.3:a:openbsd:openssh:3.3p1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| openbsd | openssh | 3.4 | cpe:2.3:a:openbsd:openssh:3.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| openbsd | openssh | 3.4p1 | cpe:2.3:a:openbsd:openssh:3.4p1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |