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CVE-2017-1000117

HIGHEPSS 100th pctl
8.8
CVSS v3
NVD

Description

A malicious third-party can give a crafted "ssh://..." URL to an unsuspecting victim, and an attempt to visit the URL can result in any program that exists on the victim's machine being executed. Such a URL could be placed in the .gitmodules file of a malicious project, and an unsuspecting victim could be tricked into running "git clone --recurse-submodules" to trigger the vulnerability.

How to fix

Remediation Available
gitDebian
Fixed in:1:2.14.1-1CVE-2017-1000117
Fixed in:1:2.14.1-1CVE-2017-1000117
Fixed in:1:2.14.1-1CVE-2017-1000117
Fixed in:1:2.14.1-1CVE-2017-1000117
gitUbuntu
Fixed in:1:1.9.1-1ubuntu0.6USN-3387-1
Fixed in:1:2.7.4-0ubuntu1.2USN-3387-1

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CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredNone
User InteractionRequired
ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh
IntegrityHigh
AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

77.82%probability of exploitation in 30 days
100thpercentile

Very high risk: more likely to be exploited than 100% of all known CVEs.

References

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