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CVE-2014-9390

Git before 1.8.5.6, 1.9.x before 1.9.5, 2.0.x before 2.0.5, 2.1.x before 2.1.4, and 2.2.x before 2.2.1 on Windows and OS

Git before 1.8.5.6, 1.9.x before 1.9.5, 2.0.x before 2.0.5, 2.1.x before 2.1.4, and 2.2.x before 2.2.1 on Windows and OS X.

Mercurial before 3.2.3 on Windows and OS X.

Apple Xcode before 6.2 beta 3.

mine all versions before 08-12-2014.

libgit2 all versions up to 0.21.2.

Egit all versions before 08-12-2014.

and JGit all versions before 08-12-2014 allow remote Git servers to execute arbitrary commands via a tree containing a crafted .git/config file with (1) an ignorable Unicode codepoint, (2) a git~1/config representation, or (3) mixed case that is improperly handled on a case-insensitive filesystem.

CRITICAL · CVSS 9.8 EPSS 0.77155
Act now
  • EPSS ≥ 0.50 - high probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
  • EPSS percentile: top 1% of all CVEs by exploitation likelihood
  • CVSS base score ≥ 7.0
Sigma rules7 YARA rules0

Weakness Classification

Affected Products & Versions

12
git-scm git< 1.8.5.6
git-scm git>= 1.9.0 and < 1.9.5
git-scm git>= 2.0.0 and < 2.0.5
git-scm git>= 2.1.0 and < 2.1.4
git-scm git>= 2.2.0 and < 2.2.1
mercurial< 3.2.3
apple xcode<= 6.1.1
apple xcodeall versions

Affected Packages

2
Language-ecosystem packages (from OSV) tied to this CVE, with the version that fixes it - the dependency-level detail NVD doesn’t carry.
Maven org.eclipse.jgit:org.eclipse.jgit CRITICAL fixed in 3.5.3
PyPI mercurial fixed in 3.2.3

Sigma Hunt Rules

7
Exact rules name this CVE ID. Product rules name an affected product in their title. Related rules cover techniques used by actors who exploited this CVE. Showing the most relevant matches; the complete related set is on the full drill-down.
productcriticalHackTool - Windows Credential Editor (WCE) Execution
productcriticalWindows Credential Editor Registry
producthighOpenCanary - MSSQL Login Attempt Via Windows Authentication
producthighWindows LAPS Credential Dump From Entra ID
producthighTamper Windows Defender - PSClassic
producthighTamper Windows Defender Remove-MpPreference - ScriptBlockLogging

Scoring & Timeline

9.8
CRITICAL · CVSS v3.1 · cve@mitre.org
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Attack Vector
Network Adjacent Local Physical
Attack Complexity
Low High
Privileges Required
None Low High
User Interaction
None Required
Scope
Unchanged Changed
Confidentiality
None Low High
Integrity
None Low High
Availability
None Low High
Published to NVD12 Feb 2020 · 02:15 AM
CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Vendor Advisories

2
suse-csafopenSUSE-SU-2024:10099-1
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References & Sources

9
Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
http://mercurial.selenic.com/wiki/WhatsNewRelease NotesThird Party Advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1031404Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
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