CVE-2018-17456

CRITICAL

Malicious Git HTTP Server For CVE-2018-17456

Title source: metasploit
STIX 2.1

Description

Git before 2.14.5, 2.15.x before 2.15.3, 2.16.x before 2.16.5, 2.17.x before 2.17.2, 2.18.x before 2.18.1, and 2.19.x before 2.19.1 allows remote code execution during processing of a recursive "git clone" of a superproject if a .gitmodules file has a URL field beginning with a '-' character.

Exploits (9)

exploitdb WRITEUP
by joernchen · locallinux
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45631
exploitdb WRITEUP
by Junio C Hamano · textlocallinux
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45548
nomisec WORKING POC 5 stars
by AnonymKing · poc
https://github.com/AnonymKing/CVE-2018-17456
nomisec WORKING POC
by KKkai0315 · poc
https://github.com/KKkai0315/CVE-2018-17456
nomisec STUB
by jiahuiLeee · poc
https://github.com/jiahuiLeee/test
nomisec STUB
by 799600966 · poc
https://github.com/799600966/CVE-2018-17456
nomisec WORKING POC
by matlink · poc
https://github.com/matlink/CVE-2018-17456
nomisec STUB
by shpik-kr · poc
https://github.com/shpik-kr/CVE-2018-17456
metasploit WORKING POC EXCELLENT
rubypoc
https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/exploits/multi/http/git_submodule_url_exec.rb

References (18)

Core 18
Core References
Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry exploit x_refsource_exploit-db
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45631/
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105523
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041811
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4311
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3505
Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry exploit x_refsource_exploit-db
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45548/
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3541
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3408
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://marc.info/?l=git&m=153875888916397&w=2
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/10/06/3
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3791-1/
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Mar/30
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/107511
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0316

Scores

CVSS v3 9.8
EPSS 0.6532
EPSS Percentile 98.5%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-88
Status published
Products (19)
canonical/ubuntu_linux 14.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux 16.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux 18.04
debian/debian_linux 9.0
git-scm/git 2.14.0 - 2.14.5
redhat/ansible_tower 3.3
redhat/enterprise_linux 6.0
redhat/enterprise_linux 6.7
redhat/enterprise_linux 7.0
redhat/enterprise_linux 7.3
... and 9 more
Published Oct 06, 2018
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026