CVE-2020-15778

scp in OpenSSH through 8.3p1 allows command injection in the scp.c toremote function, as demonstrated by backtick characters in the destination argument. NOTE: the vendor reportedly has stated that...

Published: Jul 24, 2020Updated: Jul 28, 2025 Sources: CVE List NVD BDU csafCWE-78

7.4HIGH

Description

Multiple vulnerabilities have been identified in the additional GNU/Linux subsystem of the firmware version >= V3.1.0 and < V3.1.5 for the SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU 1518(F)-4 PN/DP MFP (incl. SIPLUS variant). These GNU/Linux vulnerabilities have been externally identified. Siemens has released new versions for the affected products and recommends to update to the latest versions. Note: This SSA advises vulnerabilities for firmware version V3.1 only; for versions < V3.1 refer to Siemens Security Bulletin SSB-439005 ( https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssb-439005.html).

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

Exploitability

AV:AAttack Vector

Adjacent

AC:LAttack Complexity

Low

PR:LPrivileges Required

Low

UI:RUser Interaction

Required

Scope

S:UScope

Unchanged

Impact

C:HConfidentiality

High

I:HIntegrity

High

A:HAvailability

High

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Weaknesses

CWE-78

Affected Products

netapp

commercial·US

a700s firmware

Hardware Firmware

active iq unified manager

steelstore cloud integrated storage

commercial·RU

ROSA VirtualizationOn-prem

Operating Systems / linux-distro

ROSA Virtualization 3.0On-prem

Operating Systems / linux-distro

OpenBSD Project

oss-project·USaka openbsd

OpenSSHLibraryLibrary

OSS Libraries / generic-library

openbsd

oss-project·CA

opensshLibraryLibrary

OSS Libraries / generic-library

broadcom

commercial·USaka broadcom inc

fabric operating systemOn-prem

Networking Infrastructure / network-management

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Exploitability

1 exploit source identified

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References

https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/csaf/ssa-398330.json

cert-portal.siemens.com

https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-398330.html

cert-portal.siemens.com

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/cisagov/CSAF/develop/csaf_files/OT/white/2023/icsa-23-348-10.json

raw.githubusercontent.com

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