CVEvulnerability
CVE-2016-9274
7.8 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2016-11-11
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 4.4 MEDIUM — AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-426
Description
Untrusted search path vulnerability in Git 1.x for Windows allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse git.exe file in the current working directory. NOTE: 2.x is unaffected.
Affected configurations
• git for windows project git for windows (>= 1.0.0 <= 1.9.4)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-426 Untrusted Search Path weakness
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94289 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/issues/944 Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7jOLv0sul0 Exploit
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94289 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/issues/944 Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7jOLv0sul0 Exploit