What is CVE-2020-7468?

CVE-2020-7468 is a high-severity vulnerability in Freebsd. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2021-03-26.

How severe is CVE-2020-7468?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.

Is CVE-2020-7468 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Vulnerability in Freebsd

CVE-2020-7468

In FreeBSD 12.2-STABLE before r365772, 11.4-STABLE before r365773, 12.1-RELEASE before p10, 11.4-RELEASE before p4 and 11.3-RELEASE before p14 a ftpd(8) bug in the implementation of the file system sandbox, combined with capabilities available to an authenticated FTP user, can be used to escape the file system restriction configured in ftpchroot(5). Moreover, the bug allows a malicious client to gain root privileges.

EPSS: 0.013 (68.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Freebsd — versions 11.3, 11.4, 12.1
N/a Freebsd — versions FreeBSD 12.1-RELEASE before p10, 11.4-RELEASE before p4, 11.3-RELEASE before p14

Public proof-of-concept exploits

alphaSeclab/sec-daily-2020

References

secteam@freebsd.org (x_refsource_MISC, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-7468?: CVE-2020-7468 is a high-severity vulnerability in Freebsd. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2021-03-26.
How severe is CVE-2020-7468?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2020-7468 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.