CVE-2020-8416IKTeam BearFTP before 0.2.0 allows remote attackers to achieve denial of service via a large volume of connections to the PASV mode port.
- 7.5HighCVSS base score
- 14.2%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 3.4% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
IKTeam BearFTP before 0.2.0 allows remote attackers to achieve denial of service via a large volume of connections to the PASV mode port.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list an Exploit-DB entry for it.
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Exploit-DB1 entry
- BearFTP 0.1.0 - 'PASV' Denial of Service (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 47987dos, linuxpublished 3 Feb 2020Not verified
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Timeline
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Published
- 5 years later
· 5 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | High7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 14.2% · top 3.4% of all CVEs (14 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
References5
- https://github.com/kolya5544/BearFTP/commit/9965337f9d4c0325e4aab324dcd485e4cbb7b428 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://github.com/kolya5544/BearFTP/releases/tag/0.2.0 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://github.com/kolya5544/BearFTP/blob/0.2.0/CHANGELOG.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://pastebin.com/wqNWnCuN (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/156170/BearFTP-0.1.0-Denial-Of-Service.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_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)
- EUVD EUVD-2020-29283 (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)
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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2020-8416)Record last updated .