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CVE-2008-5124
JSCAPE Secure FTP Applet 4.8.0 and earlier does not ask the user to verify a new or mismatched SSH host key, which makes it easier for…
High7.5EPSS 1.9%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
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- mitre
Description
JSCAPE Secure FTP Applet 4.8.0 and earlier does not ask the user to verify a new or mismatched SSH host key, which makes it easier for remote attackers to perform man-in-the-middle attacks.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.9% · top 21% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (9)
- 20080623 n.runs-SA-2008.001 - Jscape Secure FTP Applet (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 30822 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 29882 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- ADV-2008-1919 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- jscape-certificate-spoofing(43300) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 1020346 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- http://www.jscape.com/sftpapplet/docs/HTML/index.html?introhistory.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 20080625 ERRATA - n.runs-SA-2008.001 - Jscape Secure FTP Applet (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 4606 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
Record last updated .