CVE-2007-4909

Severity

93%

Complexity

86%

Confidentiality

165%

Interpretation conflict in WinSCP before 4.0.4 allows remote attackers to perform arbitrary file transfers with a remote server via file-transfer commands in the final portion of a (1) scp, and possibly a (2) sftp or (3) ftp, URL, as demonstrated by a URL specifying login to the remote server with a username of scp, which is interpreted as an HTTP scheme name by the protocol handler in a web browser, but is interpreted as a username by WinSCP. NOTE: this is related to an incomplete fix for CVE-2006-3015.

Interpretation conflict in WinSCP before 4.0.4 allows remote attackers to perform arbitrary file transfers with a remote server via file-transfer commands in the final portion of a (1) scp, and possibly a (2) sftp or (3) ftp, URL, as demonstrated by a URL specifying login to the remote server with a username of scp, which is interpreted as an HTTP scheme name by the protocol handler in a web browser, but is interpreted as a username by WinSCP. NOTE: this is related to an incomplete fix for CVE-2006-3015.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 9.3. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: medium. CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C).

Overview

First reported 17 years ago

2007-09-17 17:17:00

Last updated 6 years ago

2018-10-15 21:38:00

Affected Software

WinSCP 3.5.6

3.5.6

WinSCP 3.6.1

3.6.1

WinSCP 3.6.6

3.6.6

WinSCP 3.6.7

3.6.7

WinSCP 3.8.1

3.8.1

Winscp 3.8.2

3.8.2

WinSCP 4.0.3

4.0.3

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