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CVE-2003-1120· NVD / CVE Program· CNA mitre

Race condition in SSH Tectia Server 4.0.3 and 4.0.4 for Unix, when the password change plugin (ssh-passwd-plugin) is enabled, allows local u

Race condition in SSH Tectia Server 4.0.3 and 4.0.4 for Unix, when the password change plugin (ssh-passwd-plugin) is enabled, allows local users to obtain the server's private key.

LowCVSS 3.7 · v2.0—No exploit No fix recorded
Published
Dec 31, 2003
Updated
Jun 16, 2026
EPSS
0.3% · 23th percentile
CWE
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Action score

14

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Low priority for now.

CVSS
14 / 40 · 3.7 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
0 / 30 · 0.3%

Affected systems

VendorProduct
sshtectia server

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • ssh tectia server4.0.3
  • ssh tectia server4.0.4

Same product

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Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

  • CVE-2012-5975The SSH USERAUTH CHANGE REQUEST feature in SSH Tectia Server 6.0.4 through 6.0.20, 6.1.0 through 6.1.12, 6.2.0 through 6.2.5, and 6.3.0 thro
    48Plan
  • CVE-2005-4310SSH Tectia Server 5.0.0 (A, F, and T), when allowing host-based authentication only, allows users to log in with the wrong credentials.
    30Monitor
  • CVE-2025-32942SSH Tectia Server before 6.6.6 sometimes allows attackers to read and alter a user's session traffic.
    28Monitor
  • CVE-2005-2146SSH Tectia Server 4.3.1 and earlier, and SSH Secure Shell for Windows Servers, uses insecure permissions when generating the Secure Shell ho
    18Monitor
  • CVE-2007-2063SSH Tectia Server for IBM z/OS before 5.4.0 uses insecure world-writable permissions for (1) the server pid file, which allows local users t
    17Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

No fix version is recorded for this entry. Check the references for vendor advisories.

Exploit status

No known public exploit

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Research context

For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.

Timeline

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No dated events beyond publication.

EPSS, last 120 days

FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).

Patch and commit links

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No commit or PR link among the references.

Credits

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No credits in the CNA record.

Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

No nightly-computed relations.

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

No known public program.

Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).

Technical details

Attack conditions

  • Special conditions such as timing or configuration are required.

If successful

Confidentiality
P · data can be read
Integrity
P · data or configuration can be modified
Availability
P · the service can be disrupted
Attack complexity
High
Confidentiality impact
P
Integrity impact
P
Availability impact
P

Weakness class (CWE)

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CVSS vector

AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

nvd-primary

Attack context

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MITRE has no CAPEC/ATT&CK mapping for this CWE.

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Change log

No changes recorded on tracked fields yet. Score, KEV, exploit maturity and fix status changes appear here.

References

Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.

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