CVE-2014-9938 Information

Description

contrib/completion/git-prompt.sh in Git before 1.9.3 does not sanitize branch names in the PS1 variable allowing a malicious repository to cause code execution.

CVSS Vector

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

Reference

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2004 https://github.com/git/git/commit/8976500cbbb13270398d3b3e07a17b8cc7bff43f https://github.com/njhartwell/pw3nage

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

8.8