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ID:6040 - Exploit for Spoofing attack in WinSCP - CVE-2019-6110
ID:6040 - Exploit for Spoofing attack in WinSCP - CVE-2019-6110
Published: June 17, 2021
Vulnerability identifier: #VU16989
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-6110
CWE-ID: CWE-451
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Vulnerable software:
WinSCP
WinSCP
Link to public exploit:
Vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to conduct spoofing attack on the target system.
The weakness exists due to missing character encoding in the progress display by the scp client. A malicious SCP server can use the object name to manipulate the client output, for example to employ ANSI codes to hide additional files being transferred.
The weakness exists due to missing character encoding in the progress display by the scp client. A malicious SCP server can use the object name to manipulate the client output, for example to employ ANSI codes to hide additional files being transferred.
Remediation
Update to version 5.14.