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CVE-2020-15778

HIGH
Published 2020-07-24T00:00:00
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CVSS Score

V3.1
7.8
/10
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Base Score Metrics
Exploitability: N/A Impact: N/A

EPSS Score

v2025.03.14
0.661
probability
of exploitation in the wild

There is a 66.1% chance that this vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days.

Updated: 2025-06-25
Exploit Probability
Percentile: 0.984
Higher than 98.4% of all CVEs

Attack Vector Metrics

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED

Impact Metrics

Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH

Description

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."

Available Exploits

No exploits available for this CVE.

Related News

No news articles found for this CVE.

Affected Products

openbsd

openssh

Affected Versions:

0

GitHub Security Advisories

Community-driven vulnerability intelligence from GitHub

⚠ Unreviewed MODERATE

GHSA-cvxm-8hgf-6m6m

Advisory Details

scp in OpenSSH through 8.3p1 allows command injection in scp.c remote 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."

CVSS Scoring

CVSS Score

5.0

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

ADVISORY https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-15778
WEB https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:3166
WEB https://github.com/cpandya2909/CVE-2020-15778
WEB https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25005567
WEB https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202212-06
WEB https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200731-0007
WEB https://www.openssh.com/security.html

Advisory provided by GitHub Security Advisory Database. Published: May 24, 2022, Modified: June 4, 2024

References

https://www.openssh.com/security.html
https://github.com/cpandya2909/CVE-2020-15778/
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200731-0007/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25005567
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202212-06
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:3166
Published: 2020-07-24T00:00:00
Last Modified: 2024-08-04T13:22:30.831Z
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