What is CVE-2020-35284?

CVE-2020-35284 is a high-severity vulnerability in Flamingoim Project, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2020-12-26.

How severe is CVE-2020-35284?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Path Traversal in Flamingoim Project

CVE-2020-35284

Flamingo (aka FlamingoIM) through 2020-09-29 allows ../ directory traversal because the only ostensibly unpredictable part of a file-transfer request is an MD5 computation; however, this computation occurs on the client side, and the computation details can be easily determined because the product's source code is available.

Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)

EPSS: 0.016 (73.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Flamingoim_project Flamingoim
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-22 — Path Traversal

References

cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-35284?: CVE-2020-35284 is a high-severity vulnerability in Flamingoim Project, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2020-12-26.
How severe is CVE-2020-35284?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.