CVE-2017-1000117

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.

Score
CVSS 3.0 8.8 High
Status
Modified - cve@mitre.org
Published
2017-10-05
Last modified
2024-08-05
Weaknesses
CWE-601

Affected products

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