An issue was discovered in OpenSSH 7.9. Due to the scp implementation being derived from 1983 rcp, the server chooses which files/directories are sent to the client. However, the scp client only performs cursory validation of the object name returned (only directory traversal attacks are prevented). A malicious scp server (or Man-in-The-Middle attacker) can overwrite arbitrary files in the scp client target directory. If recursive operation (-r) is performed, the server can manipulate subdirectories as well (for example, to overwrite the .ssh/authorized_keys file).
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published:
Updated: 2025-12-18T14:35:00.730Z
Reserved: 2019-01-10T00:00:00.000Z
Link: CVE-2019-6111
Updated: 2024-08-04T20:16:23.623Z
Status : Modified
Published: 2019-01-31T18:29:00.867
Modified: 2025-12-18T15:15:48.147
Link: CVE-2019-6111
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