CVE-2020-5232 (GCVE-0-2020-5232)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2020-01-30 23:55 – Updated: 2024-08-04 08:22
VLAI
Title
Ethereum Name Service - Malicious takeover of previously owned ENS names
Summary
A user who owns an ENS domain can set a trapdoor, allowing them to transfer ownership to another user, and later regain ownership without the new owners consent or awareness. A new ENS deployment is being rolled out that fixes this vulnerability in the ENS registry.
Severity
8.7 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
CWE
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References
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Vendor Product Version CPE status
ensdomains @ensdomains/ens Affected: < 0.4.0
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