CVE-2008-5517 EXPLOIT
7.5
HIGH · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 11.9% (pctl 96)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
The web interface in git (gitweb) 1.5.x before 1.5.6 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters related to (1) git_snapshot and (2) git_object.
Scoring
| CVSS | 7.5 (HIGH, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
| EPSS | 11.88% — more likely to be exploited than 96% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-94 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2009-01-13 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| git | git |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | gitWeb 1.5.2 - Remote Command Execution | 2010-02-18 |
References
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=512330
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-01/msg00002.html
- http://repo.or.cz/w/git.git?a=commitdiff%3Bh=516381d5
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33964
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34194
- http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0005
- http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1708
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200903-15.xml
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/01/20/1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/01/21/7
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/01/23/2
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/500008/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33215
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-723-1
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0175
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=479715
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2936
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=512330
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-01/msg00002.html
- http://repo.or.cz/w/git.git?a=commitdiff%3Bh=516381d5
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