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high 7.5

CVE-2020-8416 in the critical feed json

IKTeam BearFTP before 0.2.0 allows remote attackers to achieve denial of service via a large volume of connections to the PASV mode port.

published 6y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2020-29283

cvss
7.5
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
14.2%
EPSS 14.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 96%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

IKTeam BearFTP before 0.2.0 allows remote attackers to achieve denial of service via a large volume of connections to the PASV mode port.

Patch / fix

  • iktm bearftp 0.2.0

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Timeline

  1. Published
  2. First public exploit (EDB-47987)

Exploit prediction

14.21% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 96% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-47987 BearFTP 0.1.0 - 'PASV' Denial of Service dos, 2020-02-03
  • pastebin.com https://pastebin.com/wqNWnCuN referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD 2.0 5.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-770 Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

References

Sources

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