CVE-2019-6111

Published Jan 31, 2019

Last updated a year ago

Overview

Description
An issue was discovered in OpenSSH 7.9. Due to the scp implementation being derived from 1983 rcp, the server chooses which files/directories are sent to the client. However, the scp client only performs cursory validation of the object name returned (only directory traversal attacks are prevented). A malicious scp server (or Man-in-The-Middle attacker) can overwrite arbitrary files in the scp client target directory. If recursive operation (-r) is performed, the server can manipulate subdirectories as well (for example, to overwrite the .ssh/authorized_keys file).
Source
cve@mitre.org
NVD status
Modified

Social media

Hype score
Not currently trending

Risk scores

CVSS 3.1

Type
Primary
Base score
5.9
Impact score
3.6
Exploitability score
2.2
Vector string
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Severity
MEDIUM

CVSS 2.0

Type
Primary
Base score
5.8
Impact score
4.9
Exploitability score
8.6
Vector string
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov
CWE-22

Configurations

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