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CVE-2020-6958

Status: ModifiedCritical (9.1)—

An XXE vulnerability in JnlpSupport in Yet Another Java Service Wrapper (YAJSW) 12.14, as used in NSA Ghidra and other products, allows attackers to exfiltrate data from remote hosts and potentially cause denial-of-service.

CVSS

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).

Affected technologies (1)

YET Another Java Service Wrapper Project — YET Another Java Service Wrapper

CWEs

References

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