Is CVE-2020-36617 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2020-36617 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2020-36617?

CVE-2020-36617 has a CVSS v3 base score of 4.6 (MEDIUM).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2020-36617?

CVE-2020-36617 has an EPSS score of 0.55% (42th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2020-36617?

Upgrade sftpserver to 2 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2020-36617

MEDIUM

4.6

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

A vulnerability was found in ewxrjk sftpserver. It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is the function sftp_parse_path of the file parse.c. The manipulation leads to uninitialized pointer. The real existence of this vulnerability is still doubted at the moment. The name of the patch is bf4032f34832ee11d79aa60a226cc018e7ec5eed. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue. The identifier VDB-216205 was assigned to this vulnerability. NOTE: In some deployment models this would be a vulnerability. README specifically warns about avoiding such deployment models.

CWE-908

How to fix

Remediation Available

sftpserverNVD

Affected:< 2Fixed in:2CVE-2020-36617derived from NVD

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorAdjacent

Attack ComplexityHigh

Privileges RequiredLow

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityLow

IntegrityLow

AvailabilityLow

CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Exploit Intelligence

0.55%probability of exploitation in 30 days

42ndpercentile

Moderate risk: more likely to be exploited than 42% of all known CVEs.

References

Patch1

github.com

Third-Party Advisory1

vuldb.com

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2024-11-21.