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CVE-2002-1644 — HIGH severity vulnerability (SSH Secure Shell for Servers and SSH Secure Shell for Workst)

SSH Secure Shell for Servers and SSH Secure Shell for Workstations 2.0.13 through 3.2.1, when running without a PTY, does not call setsid to remove the child process from the process group of the parent process, which allows attackers to gain certain privileges.

CVE IDCVE-2002-1644
SeverityHIGH
CVSS score7.2
CVSS vectorAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
CWENVD-CWE-Other
StatusModified
Published2002-11-25
Last modified2026-04-16
DescriptionSSH Secure Shell for Servers and SSH Secure Shell for Workstations 2.0.13 through 3.2.1, when running without a PTY, does not call setsid to remove the child process from the process group of the parent process, which allows attackers to gain certain privileges.
SourceNIST National Vulnerability Database

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