5.5
MEDIUM
CVE-2020-6857
CarbonFTP Weak Encryption Key Disclosure
Description

CarbonFTP v1.4 uses insecure proprietary password encryption with a hard-coded weak encryption key. The key for local FTP server passwords is hard-coded in the binary.

INFO

Published Date :

Jan. 21, 2020, 5:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 21, 2024, 5:36 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

No

Impact Score :

3.6

Exploitability Score :

1.8
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2020-6857 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Taskautomation carbonftp
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2020-6857.

URL Resource
http://hyp3rlinx.altervista.org Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/156015/Neowise-CarbonFTP-1.4-Insecure-Proprietary-Password-Encryption.html Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/157321/Neowise-CarbonFTP-1.4-Insecure-Proprietary-Password-Encryption.html Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Jan/29 Exploit Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Jan/35 Exploit Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2020/Jan/30 Exploit Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://hyp3rlinx.altervista.org Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/156015/Neowise-CarbonFTP-1.4-Insecure-Proprietary-Password-Encryption.html Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/157321/Neowise-CarbonFTP-1.4-Insecure-Proprietary-Password-Encryption.html Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Jan/29 Exploit Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Jan/35 Exploit Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2020/Jan/30 Exploit Mailing List Third Party Advisory

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2020-6857 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2020-6857 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://hyp3rlinx.altervista.org
    Added Reference http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/156015/Neowise-CarbonFTP-1.4-Insecure-Proprietary-Password-Encryption.html
    Added Reference http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/157321/Neowise-CarbonFTP-1.4-Insecure-Proprietary-Password-Encryption.html
    Added Reference http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Jan/29
    Added Reference http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Jan/35
    Added Reference https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2020/Jan/30
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Apr. 18, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Reference Type http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/157321/Neowise-CarbonFTP-1.4-Insecure-Proprietary-Password-Encryption.html No Types Assigned http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/157321/Neowise-CarbonFTP-1.4-Insecure-Proprietary-Password-Encryption.html Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Jan/35 Exploit, Third Party Advisory http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Jan/35 Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
  • CWE Remap by [email protected]

    Jul. 21, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CWE CWE-798 CWE-327 CWE-798
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Apr. 21, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/157321/Neowise-CarbonFTP-1.4-Insecure-Proprietary-Password-Encryption.html [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Feb. 05, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 NIST (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
    Changed Reference Type http://hyp3rlinx.altervista.org No Types Assigned http://hyp3rlinx.altervista.org Exploit, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/156015/Neowise-CarbonFTP-1.4-Insecure-Proprietary-Password-Encryption.html No Types Assigned http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/156015/Neowise-CarbonFTP-1.4-Insecure-Proprietary-Password-Encryption.html Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Jan/29 No Types Assigned http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Jan/29 Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Jan/35 No Types Assigned http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Jan/35 Exploit, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2020/Jan/30 No Types Assigned https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2020/Jan/30 Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Added CWE NIST CWE-798
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:taskautomation:carbonftp:1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jan. 24, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Jan/35 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jan. 21, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Jan/29 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jan. 21, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/156015/Neowise-CarbonFTP-1.4-Insecure-Proprietary-Password-Encryption.html [No Types Assigned]
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.13 }} -0.14%

score

0.33362

percentile

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