THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2006-0477
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2006-0477

Git vulnerability

CVSS
7.5
EPSS
3.3%
EPSS pct
87th
Exploited
No known
Buffer overflow in git-checkout-index in GIT before 1.1.5 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an index file with a long symbolic link.
Affected vendor
Git
Affected product
Git
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Published
2006-01-31

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to partial impact to confidentiality, partial impact to integrity, partial impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 3.3% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 87% of all scored CVEs.

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  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2006-0477.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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