Is CVE-2020-5221 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2020-5221 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2020-5221?

CVE-2020-5221 has a CVSS v3 base score of 6.5 (MEDIUM).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2020-5221?

CVE-2020-5221 has an EPSS score of 1.16% (63th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2020-5221?

Upgrade uftpd to 2.11 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2020-5221

MEDIUM

6.5

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

In uftpd before 2.11, it is possible for an unauthenticated user to perform a directory traversal attack using multiple different FTP commands and read and write to arbitrary locations on the filesystem due to the lack of a well-written chroot jail in compose_abspath(). This has been fixed in version 2.11

CWE-22Path Traversal

How to fix

Remediation Available

uftpdNVD

Affected:< 2.11Fixed in:2.11CVE-2020-5221derived 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 VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredLow

User InteractionRequired

ScopeChanged

Impact

ConfidentialityLow

IntegrityLow

AvailabilityLow

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

Exploit Intelligence

1.16%probability of exploitation in 30 days

63rdpercentile

Moderate risk: more likely to be exploited than 63% of all known CVEs.

References

Patch1

github.com

Exploit1

github.com

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CVE-2024-23897	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV + Ransom	Fix
CVE-2023-32315	High	8.6	100%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2022-29464	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV + Ransom	-
CVE-2021-26086	Medium	5.3	100%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2021-22005	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV + Ransom	Fix
CVE-2020-5902	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV + Ransom	Fix

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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.