CVE-2002-1469 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

scponly does not properly verify the path when finding the (1) scp or (2) sftp-server programs, which could allow remote authenticated users to bypass access controls by uploading malicious programs and modifying the PATH variable in $HOME/.ssh/environment to locate those programs.

Published: 2004-09-01

Score: 7.5 High

EPSS: 3.6% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:scponly:scponly:2.3:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:scponly:scponly:2.4:::::::*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2002-1452	scponly does not properly verify the path when finding the (1) scp or (2) sftp-server programs, which could allow remote authenticated users to bypass access controls by uploading malicious programs and modifying the PATH variable in $HOME/.ssh/environment to locate those programs.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.03646.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/288245
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9913.php
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5526
http://www.sublimation.org/scponly/

History

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Subscriptions

Scponly Scponly

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2004-09-01T04:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-08T03:26:28.304Z

Reserved: 2003-02-05T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2002-1469

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2003-04-22T04:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-2002-1469

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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