A malicious server can use the FTP PASV response to trick curl 7.73.0 and earlier into connecting back to a given IP address and port, and this way potentially make curl extract information about services that are otherwise private and not disclosed, for example doing port scanning and service banner extractions.
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: hackerone
Published: 2020-12-14T19:38:26.000Z
Updated: 2026-04-16T13:59:17.253Z
Reserved: 2020-01-28T00:00:00.000Z
Link: CVE-2020-8284
Updated: 2024-08-04T09:56:28.316Z
Status : Modified
Published: 2020-12-14T20:15:13.903
Modified: 2026-04-16T15:16:42.530
Link: CVE-2020-8284