CVE-2014-9462

Gentoo Linux Security Advisory 201612-19

Severity Score

7.3

*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

The _validaterepo function in sshpeer in Mercurial before 3.2.4 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a crafted repository name in a clone command.

La función _validaterepo en sshpeer en Mercurial anterior a 3.2.4 permite a atacantes remotos ejecutar comandos arbitrarios a través de un nombre de repositorio manipulado en un comando clon.

Jesse Hertz of Matasano Security discovered that Mercurial, a distributed version control system, is prone to a command injection vulnerability via a crafted repository name in a clone command.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

Low

Availability

Low

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Partial

Integrity

Partial

Availability

Partial

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2015-01-02 CVE Reserved
2015-03-31 CVE Published
2024-08-06 CVE Updated
2024-08-06 First Exploit
2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

CWE-20: Improper Input Validation

CAPEC

References (7)

URL	Tag	Source
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2015-2511963.html	X_refsource_confirm
http://www.osvdb.org/119816	Vdb Entry

URL	Date	SRC
http://chargen.matasano.com/chargen/2015/3/17/this-new-vulnerability-mercurial-command-injection-cve-2014-9462.html	2024-08-06

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-03/msg00085.html	2018-10-30
http://mercurial.selenic.com/wiki/WhatsNew	2018-10-30
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3257	2018-10-30
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-19	2018-10-30

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Opensuse Search vendor "Opensuse"		Opensuse Search vendor "Opensuse" for product "Opensuse"				13.1 Search vendor "Opensuse" for product "Opensuse" and version "13.1"		-		Affected
Opensuse Search vendor "Opensuse"		Opensuse Search vendor "Opensuse" for product "Opensuse"				13.2 Search vendor "Opensuse" for product "Opensuse" and version "13.2"		-		Affected
Mercurial Search vendor "Mercurial"		Mercurial Search vendor "Mercurial" for product "Mercurial"				<= 3.2.3 Search vendor "Mercurial" for product "Mercurial" and version " <= 3.2.3"		-		Affected