# CVE-2017-1000117: 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 prog

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 1 on Exploit-DB, 1 Metasploit module, 22 GitHub repos listed by PoC-in-GitHub
- Published: 2017-10-04 · Updated: 2024-08-05

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

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.

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## References

- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3934
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2674
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039131
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42599/
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2675
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2484
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2491
- https://support.apple.com/HT208103
- https://www.mail-archive.com/linux-kernel%40vger.kernel.org/msg1466490.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100283
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201709-10
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2485
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42599
- https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/exploits/multi/http/git_submodule_command_exec.rb
- https://github.com/AnonymKing/CVE-2017-1000117
- https://github.com/Jerry-zhuang/CVE-2017-1000117
- https://github.com/Manouchehri/CVE-2017-1000117
- https://github.com/Shadow5523/CVE-2017-1000117-test
- https://github.com/VulApps/CVE-2017-1000117
- https://github.com/alilangtest/CVE-2017-1000117
- https://github.com/chenzhuo0618/test
- https://github.com/chu1337/CVE-2017-1000117
- https://github.com/cved-sources/cve-2017-1000117
- https://github.com/greymd/CVE-2017-1000117
- https://github.com/ieee0824/CVE-2017-1000117
- https://github.com/ieee0824/CVE-2017-1000117-sl
- https://github.com/ikmski/CVE-2017-1000117
- https://github.com/leezp/CVE-2017-1000117
- https://github.com/nkoneko/CVE-2017-1000117
- https://github.com/rootclay/CVE-2017-1000117
- https://github.com/sasairc/CVE-2017-1000117_wasawasa
- https://github.com/shogo82148/Fix-CVE-2017-1000117
- https://github.com/siling2017/CVE-2017-1000117
- https://github.com/takehaya/CVE-2017-1000117
- https://github.com/thelastbyte/CVE-2017-1000117
- https://github.com/timwr/CVE-2017-1000117

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