CVE-2023-29011 | Date: (C)2023-04-27 (M)2023-11-10 |
Git for Windows, the Windows port of Git, ships with an executable called `connect.exe`, which implements a SOCKS5 proxy that can be used to connect e.g. to SSH servers via proxies when certain ports are blocked for outgoing connections. The location of `connect.exe`'s config file is hard-coded as `/etc/connectrc` which will typically be interpreted as `C:\etc\connectrc`. Since `C:\etc` can be created by any authenticated user, this makes `connect.exe` susceptible to malicious files being placed there by other users on the same multi-user machine. The problem has been patched in Git for Windows v2.40.1. As a workaround, create the folder `etc` on all drives where Git commands are run, and remove read/write access from those folders. Alternatively, watch out for malicious `:\etc\connectrc` files on multi-user machines.
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CVSS Score : 7.8 | CVSS Score : |
Exploit Score: 1.8 | Exploit Score: |
Impact Score: 5.9 | Impact Score: |
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Attack Vector: LOCAL | Access Vector: |
Attack Complexity: LOW | Access Complexity: |
Privileges Required: NONE | Authentication: |
User Interaction: REQUIRED | Confidentiality: |
Scope: UNCHANGED | Integrity: |
Confidentiality: HIGH | Availability: |
Integrity: HIGH | |
Availability: HIGH | |
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