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CVE-2018-5226

Published: Apr 25, 2018Updated: Nov 21, 2024 Sources: CVE List NVDNVD-CWE-noinfo
8.8HIGH
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
1.5%
Top 28.9%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available
Self-Check
Not available

Description

There was an argument injection vulnerability in Sourcetree for Windows via Mercurial repository tag name that is going to be deleted. An attacker with permission to create a tag on a Mercurial repository linked in Sourcetree for Windows is able to exploit this issue to gain code execution on the system. All versions of Sourcetree for Windows before 2.5.5.0 are affected by this vulnerability.

No summary for this CVE yet.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LPR:LUI:NS:UC:HI:HA:H
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:LPrivileges Required
Low
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:HConfidentiality
High
I:HIntegrity
High
A:HAvailability
High
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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-noinfo

Affected Products

Atlassian
commercial·AUaka atlassian jira
SourceTree WindowsOn-premDesktop App
Consumer Software / productivity
sourcetreeOn-premDesktop App
DevTools & CI / source-control

Exploitability

Official Patch Available
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References

https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/SRCTREEWIN-8509
jira.atlassian.com

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