Vulnerability Details : CVE-2005-2666

SSH, as implemented in OpenSSH before 4.0 and possibly other implementations, stores hostnames, IP addresses, and keys in plaintext in the known_hosts file, which makes it easier for an attacker that has compromised an SSH user's account to generate a list of additional targets that are more likely to have the same password or key.
Published 2005-08-23 04:00:00
Updated 2025-04-03 01:03:51
Source MITRE
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Products affected by CVE-2005-2666

Threat overview for CVE-2005-2666

Top countries where our scanners detected CVE-2005-2666
Top open port discovered on systems with this issue 22
IPs affected by CVE-2005-2666 42,861
Threat actors abusing to this issue? Yes
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2005-2666

EPSS FAQ
0.07%
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days EPSS Score History
~ 19 %
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less

CVSS scores for CVE-2005-2666

Base Score Base Severity CVSS Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Score Source First Seen
1.2
 LOW AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
1.9
2.9
 NIST

CWE ids for CVE-2005-2666

  • Assigned by: nvd@nist.gov (Primary)

Vendor statements for CVE-2005-2666

  • Red Hat 2006-09-20
    Red Hat is aware of this issue and is tracking it via the following bug: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=162681 The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this issue as having low security impact, a future update may address this flaw. More information regarding issue severity can be found here: http://www.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/

References for CVE-2005-2666

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