CVE-2020-8284 vulnerability in Haxx and Other Products
Published on December 14, 2020
A malicious server can use the FTP PASV response to trick curl 7.73.0 and earlier into connecting back to a given IP address and port, and this way potentially make curl extract information about services that are otherwise private and not disclosed, for example doing port scanning and service banner extractions.
Weakness Type
What is an Information Disclosure Vulnerability?
The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information.
CVE-2020-8284 has been classified to as an Information Disclosure vulnerability or weakness.
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Exploit Probability
EPSS
0.10%
Percentile
28.56%
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