CVE-2019-6111

Exp

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).

Published: 2019-01-31 Last update: 2025-12-18 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2019-6111 is rated High Exploit Risk (73.5/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 54.21%, 98th percentile). 4 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2019-6111

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
46193 exploit_db edb 2019-01-18 Exploit-DB ↗
46516 exploit_db edb 2019-01-11 Exploit-DB ↗
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2019-6111

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-05-27 53.64% 54.21% +0.57%
2 2026-05-14 54.41% 53.64% -0.76%
3 2026-05-03 — 54.41% —

Full EPSS history (71 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2019-6111

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.9 3.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:H)
Even with access, the exploit needs extra luck, timing, or a fussy environment to actually work.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:N)
Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way.
Integrity (I:H)
They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
 2.2 3.6 [email protected]
5.9 3.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:H)
Even with access, the exploit needs extra luck, timing, or a fussy environment to actually work.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:N)
Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way.
Integrity (I:H)
They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
 2.2 3.6 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0
5.8 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 8.6 4.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2019-6111

OS Trackers for CVE-2019-6111

vendor priority summary link
alpine — CVE-2019-6111: 2 source package rows (dropbear, openssh); 26 state rows across 10 repos (3.10-main, 3.11-main, 3.12-main, 3.17-main, 3.18-main, 3.19-main, 3.20-main, 3.21-main, 3.22-main, edge-main); fixed 11, open 15. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2019-6111
debian not yet assigned CVE-2019-6111 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (openssh), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2019-6111
gentoo normal CVE-2019-6111: 1 GLSA(s) (201903-16), 1 atom(s) (net-misc/openssh); latest impact normal. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2019-6111
redhat medium — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-6111
suse medium CVE-2019-6111 severity moderate: SUSE including 378 source package names (amazon/suse-sles-15-sp1-chost-byos-v20210304-hvm-ssd-x86_64, amazon/suse-sles-15-sp1-chost-byos-v20220127-hvm-ssd-x86_64, …), 485 product×package rows across 67 product lines (SUSE CaaS Platform 3.0, SUSE CaaS Platform 4.0, … (67 product lines)): Fixed 307, Known Affected 157, Known Not Affected 21. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-6111/
ubuntu low CVE-2019-6111 low priority: Ubuntu including 2 source packages (openssh, openssh-ssh1), 34 status rows across 17 suites (bionic, cosmic, disco, eoan, focal, groovy, hirsute, impish, jammy, kinetic, lunar, mantic, noble, oracular, trusty, upstream, xenial): ignored 15, not-affected 12, released 4, DNE 2, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-6111

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2019-6111

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
openbsd openssh <= 7.9 cpe:2.3:a:openbsd:openssh:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
winscp winscp <= 5.1.3 cpe:2.3:a:winscp:winscp:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
canonical ubuntu_linux 14.04 cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
canonical ubuntu_linux 16.04 cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
canonical ubuntu_linux 18.04 cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
canonical ubuntu_linux 18.10 cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
debian debian_linux 8.0 cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
debian debian_linux 9.0 cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux 7.0 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux 8.0 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_eus 8.1 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_eus:8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_eus 8.2 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_eus:8.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_eus 8.4 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_eus:8.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_eus 8.6 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_eus:8.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_server_aus 8.2 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus:8.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_server_aus 8.4 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus:8.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_server_aus 8.6 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus:8.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_server_tus 8.2 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_tus:8.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_server_tus 8.4 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_tus:8.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_server_tus 8.6 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_tus:8.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fedoraproject fedora 30 cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:30:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache mina_sshd 2.2.0 cpe:2.3:a:apache:mina_sshd:2.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
freebsd freebsd < 12.0 cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
freebsd freebsd 12.0 cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:12.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
freebsd freebsd 12.0 cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:12.0:p1:*:*:*:*:*:*
freebsd freebsd 12.0 cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:12.0:p2:*:*:*:*:*:*
freebsd freebsd 12.0 cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:12.0:p3:*:*:*:*:*:*
fujitsu m10-1_firmware < xcp2361 cpe:2.3:o:fujitsu:m10-1_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fujitsu m10-4_firmware < xcp2361 cpe:2.3:o:fujitsu:m10-4_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fujitsu m10-4s_firmware < xcp2361 cpe:2.3:o:fujitsu:m10-4s_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fujitsu m12-1_firmware < xcp2361 cpe:2.3:o:fujitsu:m12-1_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fujitsu m12-2_firmware < xcp2361 cpe:2.3:o:fujitsu:m12-2_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fujitsu m12-2s_firmware < xcp2361 cpe:2.3:o:fujitsu:m12-2s_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fujitsu m10-1_firmware < xcp3070 cpe:2.3:o:fujitsu:m10-1_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fujitsu m10-4_firmware < xcp3070 cpe:2.3:o:fujitsu:m10-4_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fujitsu m10-4s_firmware < xcp3070 cpe:2.3:o:fujitsu:m10-4s_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fujitsu m12-1_firmware < xcp3070 cpe:2.3:o:fujitsu:m12-1_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fujitsu m12-2_firmware < xcp3070 cpe:2.3:o:fujitsu:m12-2_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fujitsu m12-2s_firmware < xcp3070 cpe:2.3:o:fujitsu:m12-2s_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
siemens scalance_x204rna_firmware < 3.2.7 cpe:2.3:o:siemens:scalance_x204rna_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
siemens scalance_x204rna_eec_firmware < 3.2.7 cpe:2.3:o:siemens:scalance_x204rna_eec_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2019-6111

URL Tags
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00058.html Broken Link
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/04/18/1 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/08/02/1 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106741 Broken Link Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3702 Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1677794 Exploit Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-412672.pdf Third Party Advisory
https://cvsweb.openbsd.org/src/usr.bin/ssh/scp.c Release Notes
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/c45d9bc90700354b58fb7455962873c44229841880dcb64842fa7d23%40%3Cdev.mina.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/c7301cab36a86825359e1b725fc40304d1df56dc6d107c1fe885148b%40%3Cdev.mina.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/d540139359de999b0f1c87d05b715be4d7d4bec771e1ae55153c5c7a%40%3Cdev.mina.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/e47597433b351d6e01a5d68d610b4ba195743def9730e49561e8cf3f%40%3Cdev.mina.apache.org%3E
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/03/msg00030.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/W3YVQ2BPTOVDCFDVNC2GGF5P5ISFG37G/
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201903-16 Third Party Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190213-0001/ Third Party Advisory
https://sintonen.fi/advisories/scp-client-multiple-vulnerabilities.txt Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3885-1/ Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3885-2/ Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4387 Third Party Advisory
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46193/ Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://www.freebsd.org/security/advisories/FreeBSD-EN-19:10.scp.asc Third Party Advisory
https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2019-5072832.html Patch Third Party Advisory
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