A malicious third-party can give a crafted "ssh://..." URL to an unsuspecting victim, and an attempt to visit the URL can result in any program that exists on the victim's machine being executed. Such a URL could be placed in the .gitmodules file of a malicious project, and an unsuspecting victim could be tricked into running "git clone --recurse-submodules" to trigger the vulnerability.
Published 2017-10-05 01:29:05
Updated 2019-10-03 00:03:26
Source MITRE
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Vulnerability category: Open redirect

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2017-1000117

Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days: 55.18%

Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less: ~ 97 % EPSS Score History EPSS FAQ

Metasploit modules for CVE-2017-1000117

  • Malicious Git HTTP Server For CVE-2017-1000117
    Disclosure Date: 2017-08-10
    First seen: 2020-04-26
    exploit/multi/http/git_submodule_command_exec
    This module exploits CVE-2017-1000117, which affects Git version 2.7.5 and lower. A submodule of the form 'ssh://' can be passed parameters from the username incorrectly. This can be used to inject commands to the operating system when the submodule i

CVSS scores for CVE-2017-1000117

Base Score Base Severity CVSS Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Score Source
6.8
MEDIUM AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
8.6
6.4
NIST
8.8
HIGH CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
2.8
5.9
NIST

CWE ids for CVE-2017-1000117

References for CVE-2017-1000117

Products affected by CVE-2017-1000117

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