CVE-2020-7468

8.8 highEPSS 1.4%

High (8.8) in freebsd freebsd. EPSS 1.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Severity

CVSS 3.1

8.8 high

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

EPSS: 1.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 71% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
Published: 2021-03-26
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

freebsd:freebsd

References

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

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