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CVE-2017-1000117

8.8
HIGHCVSS v3.1 Base Score
70.25%
HIGH RiskEPSS (99th percentile)

A malicious third-party can give a crafted "ssh://..." URL to an unsuspecting victim, and an attempt to visit the URL can result in any program that exists on the victim's machine being executed. Such a URL could be placed in the .gitmodules file of a malicious project, and an unsuspecting victim could be tricked into running "git clone --recurse-submodules" to trigger the vulnerability.

Published: 10/5/2017
Modified: 4/20/2025
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Vulnerability Summary

CVSS v3 Score

8.8HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS Score (Exploitation Probability)

70.25%HIGH Exploitation Risk
99th percentile

This vulnerability has a 70.25% probability of being exploited in the next 30 days, ranking higher than 99% of all scored CVEs.

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