CVE-2020-8416 describes a Denial of Service (DoS) vulnerability in IKTeam BearFTP versions prior to 0.2.0. Attackers can exploit this by initiating a large volume of connections to the PASV mode port, causing the FTP server to become unresponsive. With a CVSS score of 7.5 (High), this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low complexity and no user interaction, leading to a complete loss of availability. While not actively exploited in the wild or on the CISA KEV catalog, public exploit code exists on ExploitDB, though it has garnered minimal community discussion or media attention.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 0.2.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:iktm:bearftp:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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