# CVE-2000-0525: Privilege escalation in n/a

> Local attackers can execute arbitrary commands with elevated privileges when OpenSSH UseLogin is enabled.

- **Severity:** Critical 10.0 (`AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 13 Oct 2000
- **Updated:** 8 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-hrrj-9rqm-m5rx

## What is CVE-2000-0525?

CVE-2000-0525 is a critical vulnerability in OpenSSH, published on 13 Oct 2000. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

OpenSSH does not properly drop privileges when the UseLogin option is enabled, which allows local users to execute arbitrary commands by providing the command to the ssh daemon.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2000-0525?

It affects 1 product.


Products: OpenSSH.

## How do I fix CVE-2000-0525?

No fix has been published for CVE-2000-0525 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2000-0525 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2000-0525 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in OpenSSH

- [CVE-2003-0786](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2003-0786/): Auth bypass in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2003-0693](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2003-0693/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2002-0640](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2002-0640/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2001-0144](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2001-0144/): Integer overflow in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2000-0999](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2000-0999/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 10.0)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2000-0525 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2000-0525 is a critical vulnerability in OpenSSH, published on 13 Oct 2000. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2000-0525 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: OpenSSH. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2000-0525/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2000-0525/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2000-0525
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2000-0525
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2000-0525

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2000-0525/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.