CVE-2017-1000115
Published: 5 October 2017
Mercurial prior to version 4.3 is vulnerable to a missing symlink check that can malicious repositories to modify files outside the repository
From the Ubuntu Security Team
It was discovered that Mercurial incorrectly handled symlinks. An attacker could possibly use this issue to insert, edit or obtain sensitive information.
Priority
Severity score breakdown
Parameter | Value |
---|---|
Base score | 7.5 |
Attack vector | Network |
Attack complexity | Low |
Privileges required | None |
User interaction | None |
Scope | Unchanged |
Confidentiality | None |
Integrity impact | High |
Availability impact | None |
Vector | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N |