CVE-2017-1000420 describes a symlink traversal vulnerability in Syncthing versions 0.14.33 and older, allowing an unauthenticated attacker to achieve arbitrary file overwrite. This vulnerability carries a high CVSS score of 7.5, indicating a severe impact on integrity (I:H) with low attack complexity (AC:L) and no user interaction required (UI:N). Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 0.14.33CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:syncthing:syncthing:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
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