CVE-1999-1029

Severity Score

7.5

*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

SSH server (sshd2) before 2.0.12 does not properly record login attempts if the connection is closed before the maximum number of tries, allowing a remote attacker to guess the password without showing up in the audit logs.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

None

Availability

None

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Partial

Integrity

Partial

Availability

Partial

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

1999-05-13 CVE Published
2001-08-31 CVE Reserved
2024-08-01 CVE Updated
2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CAPEC

References (3)

URL	Tag	Source
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=92663402004280&w=2	Mailing List
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/2193	Vdb Entry

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/277	2017-12-19

URL	Date	SRC

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Ssh Search vendor "Ssh"		Ssh2 Search vendor "Ssh" for product "Ssh2"				2.0 Search vendor "Ssh" for product "Ssh2" and version "2.0"		-		Affected
Ssh Search vendor "Ssh"		Ssh2 Search vendor "Ssh" for product "Ssh2"				2.0.1 Search vendor "Ssh" for product "Ssh2" and version "2.0.1"		-		Affected
Ssh Search vendor "Ssh"		Ssh2 Search vendor "Ssh" for product "Ssh2"				2.0.2 Search vendor "Ssh" for product "Ssh2" and version "2.0.2"		-		Affected
Ssh Search vendor "Ssh"		Ssh2 Search vendor "Ssh" for product "Ssh2"				2.0.3 Search vendor "Ssh" for product "Ssh2" and version "2.0.3"		-		Affected
Ssh Search vendor "Ssh"		Ssh2 Search vendor "Ssh" for product "Ssh2"				2.0.4 Search vendor "Ssh" for product "Ssh2" and version "2.0.4"		-		Affected
Ssh Search vendor "Ssh"		Ssh2 Search vendor "Ssh" for product "Ssh2"				2.0.5 Search vendor "Ssh" for product "Ssh2" and version "2.0.5"		-		Affected
Ssh Search vendor "Ssh"		Ssh2 Search vendor "Ssh" for product "Ssh2"				2.0.6 Search vendor "Ssh" for product "Ssh2" and version "2.0.6"		-		Affected
Ssh Search vendor "Ssh"		Ssh2 Search vendor "Ssh" for product "Ssh2"				2.0.7 Search vendor "Ssh" for product "Ssh2" and version "2.0.7"		-		Affected
Ssh Search vendor "Ssh"		Ssh2 Search vendor "Ssh" for product "Ssh2"				2.0.8 Search vendor "Ssh" for product "Ssh2" and version "2.0.8"		-		Affected
Ssh Search vendor "Ssh"		Ssh2 Search vendor "Ssh" for product "Ssh2"				2.0.9 Search vendor "Ssh" for product "Ssh2" and version "2.0.9"		-		Affected
Ssh Search vendor "Ssh"		Ssh2 Search vendor "Ssh" for product "Ssh2"				2.0.10 Search vendor "Ssh" for product "Ssh2" and version "2.0.10"		-		Affected
Ssh Search vendor "Ssh"		Ssh2 Search vendor "Ssh" for product "Ssh2"				2.0.11 Search vendor "Ssh" for product "Ssh2" and version "2.0.11"		-		Affected