CVE-2020-20277

high-risk
Published 2020-12-18

There are multiple unauthenticated directory traversal vulnerabilities in different FTP commands in uftpd FTP server versions 2.7 to 2.10 due to improper implementation of a chroot jail in common.c's compose_abspath function that can be abused to read or write to arbitrary files on the filesystem, leak process memory, or potentially lead to remote code execution.

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38.9% chance of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS score — higher than 61% of all CVEs
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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1 public exploit available
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Patch status unknown
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9
CVSS 9.8/10 Critical
NETWORK / LOW complexity

Affected Products (1)

Uftpd

Affected Vendors

54
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high-risk
Severity 32/34 · Critical
Exploitability 17/34 · Moderate
Exposure 5/34 · Minimal