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Having servers offer scp instead of ssh is not the only problem. What about this part of the article: Finally, while the danger is remote, it is worth noting
by eneveu 6y ago
Having servers offer scp instead of ssh is not the only problem.
What about this part of the article:
Finally, while the danger is remote, it is worth noting that a local file name containing `backticks` (a file named `touch you-lose`, for example) will be handled the same way on the other end; if a user can be convinced to perform a recursive copy of a directory tree containing a file with a malicious name, bad things can happen.