High severity · published Feb 25, 2021
CVE-2020-36254
scp.c in Dropbear before 2020.79 mishandles the filename of
8.1
CVSS
1.9%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
scp.c in Dropbear before 2020.79 mishandles the filename of . or an empty filename, a related issue to CVE-2018-20685.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
High
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.9% · higher than 79% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DS
Dropbear Ssh · Dropbear Ssh Project
before 2020.79 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-36254
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-36254
Patch
https://github.com/mkj/dropbear/commit/8f8a3dff705fad774a10864a2e3dbcfa9779ceff
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