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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Mercurial up to 3.7. Affected by this issue is an unknown function of the component GIT Repository Name Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-284. The product does not restrict or incorrectly restricts access to a resource from an unauthorized actor. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

The convert extension in Mercurial before 3.8 might allow context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted git repository name.

The weakness was disclosed 05/09/2016 (Website). The advisory is available at mercurial-scm.org. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2016-3105 since 03/10/2016. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1068 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 91279 (openSUSE Security Update : mercurial (openSUSE-2016-609)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family SuSE Local Security Checks and running in the context l.

Upgrading to version 3.8 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 2 weeks after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (91279).

Productinfo

Name

• Mercurial

Version

• 3.0
• 3.1
• 3.2
• 3.3
• 3.4
• 3.5
• 3.6
• 3.7

CPE 2.3info

• 🔍
• 🔍
• 🔍

CPE 2.2info

• 🔍
• 🔍
• 🔍

CVSSv4info

VulDB CVSS-B Score: 🔍
VulDB CVSS-BT Score: 🔍
VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 8.8
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 8.6

VulDB Base Score: 8.8
VulDB Temp Score: 8.4
VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

NVD Base Score: 8.8
NVD Vector: 🔍

CVSSv2info

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Vector	Complexity	Authentication	Confidentiality	Integrity	Availability
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unlock	unlock	unlock	unlock	unlock	unlock
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VulDB Base Score: 🔍
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-284 / CWE-266
CAPEC: 🔍
ATT&CK: 🔍

Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined

EPSS Score: 🔍
EPSS Percentile: 🔍

Price Prediction: 🔍
Current Price Estimation: 🔍

0-Day	unlock	unlock	unlock	unlock
Today	unlock	unlock	unlock	unlock

Nessus ID: 91279
Nessus Name: openSUSE Security Update : mercurial (openSUSE-2016-609)
Nessus File: 🔍
Nessus Risk: 🔍
Nessus Family: 🔍
Nessus Context: 🔍

OpenVAS ID: 703570
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 3570-1 (mercurial - security update)
OpenVAS File: 🔍
OpenVAS Family: 🔍

Threat Intelligenceinfo

Interest: 🔍
Active Actors: 🔍
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
Status: 🔍

Reaction Time: 🔍
0-Day Time: 🔍
Exposure Time: 🔍

Upgrade: Mercurial 3.8

Timelineinfo

03/10/2016 🔍
05/09/2016 +60 days 🔍
05/09/2016 +0 days 🔍
05/09/2016 +0 days 🔍
05/10/2016 +1 days 🔍
05/18/2016 +8 days 🔍
05/20/2016 +2 days 🔍
11/23/2018 +917 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: mercurial-scm.org
Status: Not defined
Confirmation: 🔍

CVE: CVE-2016-3105 (🔍)
OVAL: 🔍

SecurityFocus: 90536 - Mercurial CVE-2016-3105 Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Entryinfo

Created: 05/10/2016 10:30
Updated: 11/23/2018 10:44
Changes: 05/10/2016 10:30 (63), 11/23/2018 10:44 (13)
Complete: 🔍

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