ID:5895 - Exploit for Security Features in TortoiseSVN - CVE-2019-14422

 
Main Vulnerability Database Exploits ID:5895 - Exploit for Security Features in TortoiseSVN - CVE-2019-14422

ID:5895 - Exploit for Security Features in TortoiseSVN - CVE-2019-14422

Published: June 17, 2021


Vulnerability identifier: #VU35631
Vulnerability risk: High
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-14422
CWE-ID: CWE-254
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Vulnerable software:
TortoiseSVN

Link to public exploit:


Vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code.

An issue was discovered in in TortoiseSVN 1.12.1. The Tsvncmd: URI handler allows a customised diff operation on Excel workbooks, which could be used to open remote workbooks without protection from macro security settings to execute arbitrary code. A tsvncmd:command:diff?path:[file1]?path2:[file2] URI will execute a customised diff on [file1] and [file2] based on the file extension. For xls files, it will execute the script diff-xls.js using wscript, which will open the two files for analysis without any macro security warning. An attacker can exploit this by putting a macro virus in a network drive, and force the victim to open the workbooks and execute the macro inside.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.