CVE-2000-0217

Medium CVSS 5.1

Published 2000-02-24 · last changed 2026-06-16

The fix

We hold no Microsoft remediation data for CVE-2000-0217, which normally means it is not a Windows CVE. For non-Microsoft software the fix is the vendor's own updated release, and the affected versions are listed below.

What it is

The default configuration of SSH allows X forwarding, which could allow a remote attacker to control a client's X sessions via a malicious xauth program.

Sources

NVD record for CVE-2000-0217

CVSS vector: AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P