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CVE-2021-36370

HIGH

7.5

Description

An issue was discovered in Midnight Commander through 4.8.26. When establishing an SFTP connection, the fingerprint of the server is neither checked nor displayed. As a result, a user connects to the server without the ability to verify its authenticity.

CVE Details

CVSS v3.1 Score7.5

SeverityHIGH

CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Attack VectorNETWORK

ComplexityLOW

Privileges RequiredNONE

User InteractionNONE

Published8/30/2021

Last Modified11/21/2024

Sourcenvd

Honeypot Sightings0

Affected Products

midnight-commander:midnight_commander

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-287

References

https://docs.ssh-mitm.at/CVE-2021-36370.html(cve@mitre.org)

https://github.com/MidnightCommander/mc/blob/5c1d3c55dd15356ec7d079084d904b7b0fd58d3e/src/vfs/sftpfs/connection.c#L484(cve@mitre.org)

https://github.com/MidnightCommander/mc/blob/master/src/vfs/sftpfs/connection.c(cve@mitre.org)

https://mail.gnome.org/archives/mc-devel/2021-August/msg00008.html(cve@mitre.org)

https://midnight-commander.org/(cve@mitre.org)

https://sourceforge.net/projects/mcwin32/files/(cve@mitre.org)

https://docs.ssh-mitm.at/CVE-2021-36370.html(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://github.com/MidnightCommander/mc/blob/5c1d3c55dd15356ec7d079084d904b7b0fd58d3e/src/vfs/sftpfs/connection.c#L484(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://github.com/MidnightCommander/mc/blob/master/src/vfs/sftpfs/connection.c(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://mail.gnome.org/archives/mc-devel/2021-August/msg00008.html(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://midnight-commander.org/(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://sourceforge.net/projects/mcwin32/files/(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

IOC Correlations

No correlations recorded

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