CVE-2008-5124

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2008-11-18 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-287

Description

JSCAPE Secure FTP Applet 4.8.0 and earlier does not ask the user to verify a new or mismatched SSH host key, which makes it easier for remote attackers to perform man-in-the-middle attacks.

Affected products

Jscape Secure Ftp Applet: through 4.8.0; 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5, 1.6 (+16)

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/30822
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4606
http://www.jscape.com/sftpapplet/docs/HTML/index.html?introhistory.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/493569/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/493652/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29882
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020346
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1919/references
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43300
http://secunia.com/advisories/30822
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4606
http://www.jscape.com/sftpapplet/docs/HTML/index.html?introhistory.html

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