CVE-2001-0553

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Summary

CVECVE-2001-0553
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2001-08-14 04:00:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC
DescriptionSSH 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.2 from [email protected]

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Ssh Secure Shell 3.0.0 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
404 Not Found af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.osvdb.org
CERT/CC Vulnerability Note VU#737451 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.kb.cert.org US Government Resource
Page Not Found. Sorry about that! af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ssh.com
SSH Short Password Login Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Neohapsis Archives - Bugtraq - URGENT SECURITY ADVISORY FOR SSH SECURE SHELL 3.0.0 - From [email protected] af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 archives.neohapsis.com Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
SSH Secure Shell Remote Root Exploit Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ciac.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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