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Servers and applications

CVE-2020-12062

The scp client in OpenSSH 8.2 incorrectly sends duplicate responses to the server upon a utimes system call failure, which allows a malicious unprivileged user on the remote server to overwrite arbitrary files in the client's download directory by creating a crafted subdirectory anywhere on the remote server. The victim must use the command scp -rp to download a file hierarchy containing,…

Severity
High 7.5
Published
1 Jun 2020
Last changed
14 Oct 2026
Added to UpHeron
21 Oct 2026
Sources
NVD

Affected software

SoftwareAffected versions
OpenSSHServers and applications · cpe:a:openbsd:openssh
  • Version 8.2

References

  • NVD https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-12062
  • CVE.org https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-12062