CVE-2015-8969 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.02489.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Squareup	Git-fastclone

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:squareup:git-fastclone:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2018-0413	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.
Github GHSA	GHSA-mf6w-45cf-qhmp	Git-fastclone passes user modifiable strings directly to a shell command

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/81433
https://github.com/square/git-fastclone/pull/5
https://hackerone.com/reports/105190

History

No history.

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: hackerone

Published: 2016-11-03T10:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-06T08:36:30.998Z

Reserved: 2016-11-02T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2015-8969

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2016-11-03T10:59:01.433

Modified: 2025-04-12T10:46:40.837

Link: CVE-2015-8969

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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