PT-2017-6459 · Subversion · Svn-Workbench

Adam Mariš · Published 2017-09-06 · Updated 2021-09-09 · CVE-2015-0853

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

9.3

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions svn-workbench versions 1.6.2 and earlier

Description The issue allows local users to execute arbitrary commands. This can be achieved by using the "Command Shell" menu item while in a specific directory, namely trunk/$(xeyes), on a system with xeyes installed.

Recommendations For svn-workbench versions 1.6.2 and earlier, consider restricting access to the "Command Shell" menu item as a temporary workaround until a patch is available. Additionally, avoid using the "Command Shell" menu item in directories that could potentially be used for arbitrary command execution.

Exploit

Fix

RCE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-20

Related Identifiers

CVE-2015-0853

Affected Products

Svn-Workbench

References · 9

• 🔥 https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=798863 · Exploit
• 🔥 http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/09/13/3 · Exploit
• 🔥 http://pysvn.tigris.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=202 · Exploit
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-0853 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-0853 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2015-0853 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-0853 · Security Note
• https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/svn-workbench/+bug/1495268 · Note
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1262928 · Note