CVE-2008-5517
The web interface in git (gitweb) 1.5.x before 1.5.6 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters…
- 7.5HighCVSS base score
- 11.9%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 3.9% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
The web interface in git (gitweb) 1.5.x before 1.5.6 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters related to (1) git_snapshot and (2) git_object.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list an Exploit-DB entry for it.
Show the exploits1
Exploit-DB1 entry
- gitWeb 1.5.2 - Remote Command Execution (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 11497remote, linuxpublished 18 Feb 2010Not verified
Modules, templates and exploits as listed by the Metasploit Framework (BSD-3-Clause), ProjectDiscovery's Nuclei templates (MIT) and the Exploit Database (GPLv2), read once a day. Where the data comes from
Timeline
ID reserved
By redhat
- 32 days later
· 32 days later
Published
- 16 years later
· 16 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 11.9% · top 3.9% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
17
- DSA-1708 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=479715 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- GLSA-200903-15 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0005 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- ADV-2009-0175 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 34194 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 33964 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://repo.or.cz/w/git.git?a=commitdiff%3Bh=516381d5 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 33215 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- SUSE-SR:2009:001 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20090123 Re: CVE request -- git (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- 20090113 rPSA-2009-0005-1 git gitweb (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=512330 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20090120 Re: CVE request -- git (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20090121 Re: CVE request -- git (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2936 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- USN-723-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2008-5493 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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