Vulnerability CVE-2014-9938
Published: 2017-03-19   Modified: 2017-03-20

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.

Type:

CWE-116

 (Improper Encoding or Escaping of Output)

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
6.8/10
6.4/10
8.6/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Medium
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
Partial
Partial
Affected software
Git project -> GIT 

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