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
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • CWE-295 - Improper Certificate Validation (CWE-295)
Assigner
hackerone CNA
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
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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