CVE-2018-20684 (GCVE-0-2018-20684)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2019-01-10 21:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 12:05
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Summary
In WinSCP before 5.14 beta, due to missing validation, the scp implementation would accept arbitrary files sent by the server, potentially overwriting unrelated files. This affects TSCPFileSystem::SCPSink in core/ScpFileSystem.cpp.
Severity
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
CWE
  • n/a
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References
Date Public
2019-01-10 00:00
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