CVE-2020-7468

Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2021-03-26 · updated 2026-06-17

Description

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.

Affected products

FreeBSD: 11.3, 11.3-p1, 11.3-p10, 11.3-p11, 11.3-p12, 11.3-p13 (+23)

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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