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CVE-2020-6857

MEDIUM · CVSS 5.5 EPSS 0.97% Public Exploit

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2020-01-21 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a medium severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5. Public exploit code or proof-of-concept references have been detected in its references.

Public Exploit Signal

A public exploit, PoC, GitHub repository or Metasploit reference was detected for this CVE.

External Security References
packetstormsecurity.com ↗ packetstormsecurity.com ↗

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CVE
CVE-2020-6857
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
5.5
EPSS
0.97%

Original NVD Description

CarbonFTP v1.4 uses insecure proprietary password encryption with a hard-coded weak encryption key. The key for local FTP server passwords is hard-coded in the binary.