CVE-2020-6857
CarbonFTP v1.4 uses insecure proprietary password encryption with a hard-coded weak encryption key.
Does this matter?
A public exploit is published in Exploit-DB, so the technical barrier is gone even though the severity is medium and EPSS is 1.0%. Treat it as high on anything reachable from the internet.
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.
- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- EPSS
- 0.97% probability · 61th percentile
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · first 21 April 2020
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-327, CWE-798
- Affected
- taskautomation/carbonftp
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 1.0% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
Public exploits (1)
Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.
References
- http://hyp3rlinx.altervista.orgExploit, Third Party Advisory
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/156015/Neowise-CarbonFTP-1.4-Insecure-Proprietary-Password-Encryption.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/157321/Neowise-CarbonFTP-1.4-Insecure-Proprietary-Password-Encryption.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Jan/29Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Jan/35Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2020/Jan/30Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://hyp3rlinx.altervista.orgExploit, Third Party Advisory
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/156015/Neowise-CarbonFTP-1.4-Insecure-Proprietary-Password-Encryption.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/157321/Neowise-CarbonFTP-1.4-Insecure-Proprietary-Password-Encryption.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Jan/29Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Jan/35Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2020/Jan/30Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.