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PUBLISHED DATE: August 14, 2001CVE-2001-0529:
OpenSSH version 2.9 and...

CVSS:
7.2
EPSS:
13.70%
Exploitability:
3.9
In KEV:
No
Description

OpenSSH version 2.9 and earlier, with X forwarding enabled, allows a local attacker to delete any file named 'cookies' via a symlink attack.

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