CVE-2021-36370

An issue was discovered in Midnight Commander through 4.8.26. When establishing an SFTP connection, the fingerprint of the server is neither checked nor displayed. As a result, a user connects to the server without the ability to verify its authenticity.

CVSS v3 7.5 HIGH
CVSS v2.0 5.0 MEDIUM

7.5^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact NONE

Scope UNCHANGED

5.0^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Exploitability : 10.0 / Impact : 2.9

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact NONE

References

Link	Resource
https://docs.ssh-mitm.at/CVE-2021-36370.html	Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/MidnightCommander/mc/blob/5c1d3c55dd15356ec7d079084d904b7b0fd58d3e/src/vfs/sftpfs/connection.c#L484	Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/MidnightCommander/mc/blob/master/src/vfs/sftpfs/connection.c	Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://mail.gnome.org/archives/mc-devel/2021-August/msg00008.html	Release Notes Third Party Advisory
https://midnight-commander.org/	Vendor Advisory
https://sourceforge.net/projects/mcwin32/files/	Product Third Party Advisory
https://docs.ssh-mitm.at/CVE-2021-36370.html	Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/MidnightCommander/mc/blob/5c1d3c55dd15356ec7d079084d904b7b0fd58d3e/src/vfs/sftpfs/connection.c#L484	Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/MidnightCommander/mc/blob/master/src/vfs/sftpfs/connection.c	Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://mail.gnome.org/archives/mc-devel/2021-August/msg00008.html	Release Notes Third Party Advisory
https://midnight-commander.org/	Vendor Advisory
https://sourceforge.net/projects/mcwin32/files/	Product Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:midnight-commander:midnight_commander:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2021-08-30 19:15

Updated : 2024-11-21 06:13

NVD link : CVE-2021-36370

Mitre link : CVE-2021-36370

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2021-36370

JSON object : View

Products Affected

midnight-commander

midnight_commander

CWE

CWE-287

Improper Authentication

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