CVE-2014-9938

CVSS V2 Medium 6.8 CVSS V3 High 8.8

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.

Overview

CVE ID
CVE-2014-9938

Assigner
cve@mitre.org

Vulnerability Status
Analyzed

Published Version
2017-03-20T00:59:00

Last Modified Date
2020-04-29T20:26:44

Weakness Enumerations

CWE	URL
CWE-116	http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/116.html

CPE Configuration (Product)

CPE	Vulnerable	Operator	Version Start	Version End
cpe:2.3:a:git-scm:git::::::::	1	OR		1.9.3

CVSS Version 2

Version
2.0

Vector String
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Access Vector
NETWORK

Access Compatibility
MEDIUM

Authentication
NONE

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL

Integrity Impact
PARTIAL

Availability Impact
PARTIAL

Base Score
6.8

Severity
MEDIUM

Exploitability Score
8.6

Impact Score
6.4

CVSS Version 3

Version
3.1

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK

Attack Compatibility
LOW

Privileges Required
NONE

User Interaction
REQUIRED

Scope
UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact
HIGH

Availability Impact
HIGH

Base Score
8.8

Base Severity
HIGH

Exploitability Score
2.8

Impact Score
5.9

References

Reference URL	Reference Tags
https://github.com/njhartwell/pw3nage	Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/git/git/commit/8976500cbbb13270398d3b3e07a17b8cc7bff43f	Patch Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2004	Third Party Advisory

Sources

Source Name	Source URL
NIST	https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-9938
MITRE	https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-9938

History

Created	Old Value	New Value	Data Type	Notes
2022-05-10 17:34:59				Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 14:55:06	2017-03-20T00:59Z	2017-03-20T00:59:00	CVE Published Date	updated
2022-12-02 14:55:06		2020-04-29T20:26:44	CVE Modified Date	updated
2022-12-02 14:55:06		Analyzed	Vulnerability Status	updated