CVE-2020-8289 (GCVE-0-2020-8289)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2020-12-27 01:20 – Updated: 2024-08-04 09:56
VLAI
Summary
Backblaze for Windows before 7.0.1.433 and Backblaze for macOS before 7.0.1.434 suffer from improper certificate validation in `bztransmit` helper due to hardcoded whitelist of strings in URLs where validation is disabled leading to possible remote code execution via client update functionality.
Severity
7.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-295 - Improper Certificate Validation (CWE-295)
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
n/a Backblaze Affected: Backblaze for Windows before 7.0.1.433 and Backblaze for macOS before 7.0.1.434
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