Main Vulnerability Database Vulnerabilities #VU31407

Link following in Mercurial - CVE-2017-1000115

Published: October 5, 2017 / Updated: July 18, 2020

Vulnerability identifier: #VU31407

CSH Severity: Medium

CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green

CVE-ID: CVE-2017-1000115

CWE-ID: CWE-59

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vendor: Mercurial

Affected software:
Mercurial

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to manipulate data.

Mercurial prior to version 4.3 is vulnerable to a missing symlink check that can malicious repositories to modify files outside the repository

Install update from vendor's website.