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Fencer Vulns
low 2.1

CVE-1999-0787 json

The SSH authentication agent follows symlinks via a UNIX domain socket.

published 1999-09-17 27 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-1999-0768

cvss
2.1
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.0%
EPSS 1.0% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 63%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

The SSH authentication agent follows symlinks via a UNIX domain socket.

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-19510)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

1.01% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 63% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-19510 SSH Communications Security SSH 1.2.27 - Authentication Socket File Creation local, 1999-09-17

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 2.1 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

References

Sources

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