HIGH
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
Published Nov 18, 2008
7.5
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 1.85%
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.
Affected products
No data.
OR
- ≤ 4.8.0
- 1.1
- 1.2
- 1.3
- 1.4
- 1.5
- 1.6
- 2.0
- 2.1
- 2.5
- 2.6
- 3.0
- 3.0.1
- 3.0.2
- 3.0.3
- 3.0.4
- 4.0
- 4.2.0
- 4.3.0
- 4.4.0
- 4.5.0
- 4.6.0
- 4.7
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
7.5 HIGH NVD
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact Partial
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
1.85% 0.01852
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.01852
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (9 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 1.85% (0.01852) | 78.35th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 1.85% (0.01852) | 76.29th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 1.31% (0.01306) | 78.40th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 1.03% (0.01033) | 84.55th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 19, 2024 | 0.95% (0.00955) | 82.86th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.95% (0.00955) | 80.85th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.97% (0.01974) | 78.97th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.97% (0.01974) | 77.12th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.97% (0.01974) | 56.20th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (1)
References (9)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30822 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4606 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASON
- http://www.jscape.com/sftpapplet/docs/HTML/index.html?introhistory.html x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/493569/100/0/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/493652/100/0/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29882 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020346 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1919/references vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43300 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://secunia.com/advisories/30822 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory | |
| http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4606 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASON | |
| http://www.jscape.com/sftpapplet/docs/HTML/index.html?introhistory.html | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/493569/100/0/threaded | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/493652/100/0/threaded | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29882 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020346 | vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK | |
| http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1919/references | vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43300 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Nov 18, 2008
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Nov 17, 2008
Link CVE-2008-5124
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a