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CVE-2008-4297

Mercurial before 1.0.2 does not enforce the allowpull permission setting for a pull operation from hgweb, which allows remote attackers to…

Published 18 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON

CVSS
5.0
v2.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
2.7%
percentile 86%
Public exploits
0
none known

Mercurial before 1.0.2 does not enforce the allowpull permission setting for a pull operation from hgweb, which allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files from a repository via an "hg pull" request.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

2.70% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 86% of all scored CVEs.

CVSS scores

Assigned byVersionScoreVector
NVD2.05.0AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

References

  • wiki.rpath.com /wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0276 · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
  • issues.rpath.com /browse/RPL-2753 · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
  • vupen.com /english/advisories/2008/2604 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_VUPEN, x_transferred
  • lists.opensuse.org /opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00004.html · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUSE, x_transferred
  • marc.info /?l=oss-security&m=122169840003798&w=2 · mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, x_transferred
  • secunia.com /advisories/32182 · third-party-advisory, x_refsource_SECUNIA, x_transferred
  • exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com /vulnerabilities/45229 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF, x_transferred
  • selenic.com /mercurial/wiki/index.cgi/WhatsNew#head-905b8adb3420a77d92617e06590055bd8952e02b · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
  • securityfocus.com /archive/1/496488/100/0/threaded · mailing-list, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ, x_transferred
  • securityfocus.com /bid/31223 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, x_transferred

Sources

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