`CVE-2000-0992`

5.0 Medium Not applicable

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in scp in sshd 1.2.xx allows a remote malicious scp server to overwrite arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) attack.

Exploitation Status

Working exploit published

A reviewed exploit catalogue carries this CVE. Somebody has published code a stranger can run.

CVSS E:P

CISA KEV not listed
CISA Vulnrichment no assessment published
Indexed PoC 1 indexed Published artifacts you can open, in Exploit-DB; first seen 2000-09-30.
EPSS 5.7% chance in 30 days

Index	Artifact	Stars	First seen
Exploit-DB	OpenSSH 1.2 - '.scp' File Create/Overwrite		2000-09-30

Index

Artifact

Stars

First seen

Exploit-DB

OpenSSH 1.2 - '.scp' File Create/Overwrite

2000-09-30

Waratek Defense Posture

Not applicable

Not a Java vulnerability. Outside ARMR's domain entirely.

Protection none
Action not-needed none
Review automated upstream-data
Record active

Decided by unmatched-product : No tracked product matched above, and none present at all

Finding Affected products (openbsd/openssh, ssh/ssh) are not in our known products list

Decided by	`unmatched-product` : No tracked product matched above, and none present at all
Finding	Affected products (openbsd/openssh, ssh/ssh) are not in our known products list

CVSS

5.0 v2.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N 1 metric

VRT selects the newest version's highest entry and publishes it as cvssScore, newest rather than largest because scores are not comparable across versions, and highest rather than first because the first entry is frequently a CNA placeholder scoring 0.0 over NVD's own analysis.

Version Score Band Vector Assigner Type

CVSS 2.0 5.0 no band published AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N NVD Primary published

Version	Score	Band	Vector	Assigner	Type
CVSS 2.0	5.0	no band published	`AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N`	NVD	Primary	published

Affected Software & Releases

🖥️ Product CPEs & Version Ranges

2 product(s) over 20 version claims (uncapped)

Source	Vendor	Product	Scheme	Affected Versions
nvd	openbsd	openssh	generic	1.2 · 1.2.3
nvd	ssh	ssh	generic	1.2.14 · 1.2.15 · 1.2.16 · 1.2.17 · 1.2.18 · 1.2.19 · 1.2.20 · 1.2.21 · 1.2.22 · 1.2.23 · 1.2.24 · 1.2.25 · 1.2.26 · 1.2.27 · 1.2.28 · 1.2.29 · 1.2.30 · 1.2.31

Source

Vendor

Product

Scheme

Affected Versions

nvd

openbsd

openssh

generic

1.2 · 1.2.3

nvd

ssh

generic

1.2.14 · 1.2.15 · 1.2.16 · 1.2.17 · 1.2.18 · 1.2.19 · 1.2.20 · 1.2.21 · 1.2.22 · 1.2.23 · 1.2.24 · 1.2.25 · 1.2.26 · 1.2.27 · 1.2.28 · 1.2.29 · 1.2.30 · 1.2.31

References

URL	Tags
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-09/0359.html	Exploit, Vendor Advisory
http://frontal2.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2000:057
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1742	Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5312

URL

Timeline

Published 2000-12-19 Last modified 2026-06-16

Published	2000-12-19	By the CVE Program.
NVD record modified	2026-06-16	NVD's own last-modified date for this record.

Published

2000-12-19

By the CVE Program.

NVD record modified

2026-06-16

NVD's own last-modified date for this record.

Pipeline policy audit (14 of 21 rules evaluated)

14 of 21 rules ran. The rest were never reached, because an earlier stage settled the CVE, a distinct claim from a rule that ran and found nothing.

# Rule Outcome Status Detail

identity: Does this identifier describe a vulnerability at all? first match wins

1 rejected no-match CVE Program withdrawal of this identifier

scope: Is the vulnerability ARMR's to address? first match wins

2 armr-patch-file no-match An ARMR patch file on disk for this CVE

3 armr-secure-rule-file no-match An ARMR security-rule template on disk for this CVE

4 manual-classification no-match A researcher's recorded decision for this specific CVE

5 manual classification no-match Manual classification of this CVE in the legacy dataset

6 non-java-upstream no-match A root cause in non-Java code: an OS kernel, a C library, or a bundled runtime

7 oracle-component no-match The defect being in a component of a tracked product the agent does not reach: JavaFX, the Java SE installer, the native WebLogic proxy plug-in. Oracle gives these no CPE of their own and names them only in the description.

8 osv-maven no-match An OSV.dev record of this CVE affecting a package published to Maven Central

9 cna-maven-package no-match An affected Maven artifact named by the CNA itself

10 known-cpe-product no-match An NVD CPE naming a product ARMR tracks

11 cna-cpe-product no-match A CPE the CNA published naming a tracked product. Oracle publishes these on advisory day, months before NVD.

12 oracle-advisory-family no-match A tracked product family named in Oracle's own risk matrix. CPE cannot carry a suite name, only a module.

13 non-deployable-product no-match The only affected product being a sealed appliance image, where Java runs but no -javaagent can be attached

14 unmatched-product decided it matched Not applicable No tracked product matched

disposition: What do we do about one that is? cumulative: every rule gets a turn

15 patch-hint not-reached A reference pointing at the upstream fix: a commit, a PR, a Red Hat bug

16 open-source-maven not-reached The affected package being open source on Maven, so the fix can be read

17 poc-derivable not-reached An indexed exploit to reverse-engineer, where there is no source to read

18 no-exploit not-reached With no fix path, a public exploit, or a CISA record of one

19 secure-rule-match not-reached A vulnerability class already blocked by an ARMR security rule

20 below-action-threshold not-reached Medium or Low severity, no KEV listing, no PoC clearing the evidence bar, no CISA verdict, no Oracle advisory

21 no-exploit-published not-reached A published working exploit for this candidate, not only a proof of concept, a forecast, or nothing at all

What the scope rules read

The products the record named, and whether known-products.yaml tracks them. This is the evidence the scope stage decided on.

Vendor Product Tracked CPE Source

openbsd openssh not tracked cpe:2.3:a:openbsd:openssh:1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

ssh ssh not tracked cpe:2.3:a:ssh:ssh:1.2.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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