CVE-2017-1000117 Information

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.

CVSS Vector

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

Reference

http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3934 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100283 http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039131 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2484 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2485 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2491 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2674 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2675 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201709-10 https://support.apple.com/HT208103 https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42599/ https://www.mail-archive.com/linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org/msg1466490.html

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