CVE-2020-15778

7.8HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor
OpenBSD
Status
Vendor
CVE Published:
24 July 2020

Badges

πŸ‘Ύ Exploit Exists🟑 Public PoC

Summary

scp in OpenSSH through 8.3p1 allows command injection in the scp.c toremote function, as demonstrated by backtick characters in the destination argument. NOTE: the vendor reportedly has stated that they intentionally omit validation of "anomalous argument transfers" because that could "stand a great chance of breaking existing workflows."

Exploit Proof of Concept (PoC)

PoC code is written by security researchers to demonstrate the vulnerability can be exploited. PoC code is also a key component for weaponization which could lead to ransomware.

References

CVSS V3.1

Score:
7.8
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
High
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Local
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
Required
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • 🟑

    Public PoC available

  • πŸ‘Ύ

    Exploit known to exist

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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