Upstream information

CVE-2018-20684 at MITRE

Description

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.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Does not affect SUSE products

This issue is currently rated as having important severity.

CVSS v2 Scores
CVSS detail National Vulnerability Database
Base Score 6.4
Vector AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact Partial
CVSS v3 Scores
CVSS detail National Vulnerability Database
Base Score 7.5
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required None
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact High
Availability Impact None
CVSSv3 Version 3
SUSE Bugzilla entry: 1121821 [RESOLVED / FIXED]

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SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Fri Jan 11 10:40:00 2019
CVE page last modified: Mon Oct 6 19:19:00 2025