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CVE-1999-0787
The SSH authentication agent follows symlinks via a UNIX domain socket.
Low2.1EPSS 1.0%
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- mitre
Description
The SSH authentication agent follows symlinks via a UNIX domain socket.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Low2.1 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.0% · top 37% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 2.1.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (3)
- 19990917 A few bugs... (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 660 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 19990924 [Fwd: Truth about ssh 1.2.27 vulnerability] (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
Sources
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- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
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- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
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- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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