Critical severity · published Nov 3, 2016
CVE-2015-8969
git-fastclone before 1.0.5 passes user modifiable strings directly to a shell command
9.8
CVSS
4.8%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
git-fastclone before 1.0.5 passes user modifiable strings directly to a shell command. An attacker can execute malicious commands by modifying the strings that are passed as arguments to "cd " and "git clone " commands in the library.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)4.8% · higher than 92% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
GI
Git-fastclone · Squareup
before 1.0.5 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-8969
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-8969
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/81433
Vendor Advisory
https://github.com/square/git-fastclone/pull/5
Exploit
https://hackerone.com/reports/105190
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