cve/2005/CVE-2005-2666.md

### [CVE-2005-2666](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2005-2666)
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### Description

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.

### POC

#### Reference
No PoCs from references.

#### Github
- https://github.com/phx/cvescan