CVE-2000-0525 — HIGH severity vulnerability (OpenSSH does not properly drop privileges when the UseLogin)
OpenSSH does not properly drop privileges when the UseLogin option is enabled, which allows local users to execute arbitrary commands by providing the command to the ssh daemon.
| CVE ID | CVE-2000-0525 |
|---|---|
| Severity | HIGH |
| CVSS score | 10.0 |
| CVSS vector | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
| CWE | NVD-CWE-Other |
| Status | Modified |
| Published | 2000-06-08 |
| Last modified | 2026-04-16 |
| Description | OpenSSH does not properly drop privileges when the UseLogin option is enabled, which allows local users to execute arbitrary commands by providing the command to the ssh daemon. |
| Source | NIST National Vulnerability Database |
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