CVE-2020-8289 - CVE House
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Status published High CVE-2020-8289

Backblaze for Windows before 7.0.1.433 and Backblaze for macOS before...

Vulnerability Description

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.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

Affected Vendor

Affected Software

Backblaze
Vulnerable Versions:
Backblaze for Windows before 7.0.1.433 and Backblaze for macOS before 7.0.1.434

Timeline

Official Publish: December 27th, 2020
Last Modified: August 4th, 2024
Added to House: July 21st, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses (CWE)