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CVE-2018-5226

HIGHEPSS 70th pctl
8.8
CVSS v3
NVD

Description

There was an argument injection vulnerability in Sourcetree for Windows via Mercurial repository tag name that is going to be deleted. An attacker with permission to create a tag on a Mercurial repository linked in Sourcetree for Windows is able to exploit this issue to gain code execution on the system. All versions of Sourcetree for Windows before 2.5.5.0 are affected by this vulnerability.

How to fix

Remediation Available
SourcetreeWindows application
Affected:2.5.5.0Fixed in:2.5.5.0Atlassian

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredLow
User InteractionNone
ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh
IntegrityHigh
AvailabilityHigh

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

Exploit Intelligence

1.46%probability of exploitation in 30 days
70thpercentile

Elevated risk: more likely to be exploited than 70% of all known CVEs.

References

Vendor Advisory1
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