peter bassill · operator
$ cve CVE-2002-1469 JSON

CVE-2002-1469 EXPLOIT

7.5
HIGH · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 2.9% (pctl 86)

Patch early

A public exploit exists.

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.

Scoring

CVSS7.5 (HIGH, v2.0)
VectorAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
EPSS2.87% — more likely to be exploited than 86% of all CVEs
On CISA KEVno
Public exploityes
Published2003-04-22
Last modified2026-06-16

Affected (1)

VendorProduct
scponlyscponly

Public exploits

SourceTitleDate
exploit-dbSCPOnly 2.3/2.4 - SSH Environment Shell Escaping2002-08-20

References

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