CVE-2020-6857 (GCVE-0-2020-6857)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2020-01-21 16:29 – Updated: 2024-08-04 09:11
VLAI
Summary
CarbonFTP v1.4 uses insecure proprietary password encryption with a hard-coded weak encryption key. The key for local FTP server passwords is hard-coded in the binary.
Severity
5.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CWE
  • n/a
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