CVE-2020-36254 describes a critical vulnerability in Dropbear SSH versions prior to 2020.79, specifically within the scp.c component, where it improperly handles filenames of "." or empty filenames. This flaw, similar to CVE-2018-20685, carries a high CVSS score of 8.1, indicating a severe risk with potential for high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, exploitable over the network with high attack complexity. Despite its severity, there is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 2020.79CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:dropbear_ssh_project:dropbear_ssh:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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