CVE-1999-0248

high

Description

A race condition in the authentication agent mechanism of sshd 1.2.17 allows an attacker to steal another user's credentials.

References

http://www.uni-karlsruhe.de/~ig25/ssh-faq/ssh-faq-6.html#ss6.1

http://oliver.efri.hr/~crv/security/bugs/mUNIXes/ssh2.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 1999-01-01

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 10

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: Critical

CVSS v3

Base Score: 8.1

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00407