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CVE-2018-20684

high

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.

References

https://sintonen.fi/advisories/scp-client-multiple-vulnerabilities.txt

https://github.com/winscp/winscp/commit/49d876f2c5fc00bcedaa986a7cf6dedd6bf16f54

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106526

https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2020.html

https://winscp.net/tracker/1675

https://winscp.net/eng/docs/history

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2019-01-10

Updated: 2026-06-17

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.0066