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CVE-2001-0553
SSH Secure Shell 3.0.0 on Unix systems does not properly perform password authentication to the sshd2 daemon, which allows local users to…
High7.2EPSS 1.3%
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- mitre
Description
SSH Secure Shell 3.0.0 on Unix systems does not properly perform password authentication to the sshd2 daemon, which allows local users to gain access to accounts with short password fields, such as locked accounts that use "NP" in the password field.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.2 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.3% · top 29% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.2.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (7)
- 20010720 URGENT SECURITY ADVISORY FOR SSH SECURE SHELL 3.0.0 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- http://www.ssh.com/products/ssh/exploit.cfm (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- ssh-password-length-unauth-access(6868) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- VU#737451 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
- 586 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- L-121 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisorygovernment-resourcex_refsource_CIACx_transferred
- 3078 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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