PT-2020-17049 · Martin Prikryl · Winscp

Published 2020-11-23 · Updated 2020-12-02 · CVE-2020-28864

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

9.8

Critical

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions WinSCP version 5.17.8

Description A buffer overflow issue allows a malicious FTP server to cause a denial of service or possibly have other unspecified impact via a long file name.

Recommendations For WinSCP version 5.17.8, at the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

DoS

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-120

Related Identifiers

CVE-2020-28864

Affected Products

Winscp

References · 5

• https://winscp.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=30085 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-28864 · Vendor Advisory
• https://winscp.net/tracker/1924 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-28864 · Security Note
• https://t.me/cibsecurity/16731 · Telegram Post