Vulnerability · Published Mar 26, 2021 · Assigned by freebsd

CVE-2020-7468

High 8.8

In plain English

A high-severity security flaw in FreeBSD. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 1.4% (higher than 72% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS NVD)8.8High

Exploit odds (30 days)1.4%top 28.4% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

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.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	FreeBSD	FreeBSD 12.1-RELEASE before p10, 11.4-RELEASE before p4, 11.3-RELEASE before p14

References

https://security.FreeBSD.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-20:30.ftpd.asc x_refsource_MISC