CVE-1999-1383

Severity

46%

Complexity

39%

Confidentiality

106%

(1) bash before 1.14.7, and (2) tcsh 6.05 allow local users to gain privileges via directory names that contain shell metacharacters (` back-tick), which can cause the commands enclosed in the directory name to be executed when the shell expands filenames using the \w option in the PS1 variable.

(1) bash before 1.14.7, and (2) tcsh 6.05 allow local users to gain privileges via directory names that contain shell metacharacters (` back-tick), which can cause the commands enclosed in the directory name to be executed when the shell expands filenames using the \w option in the PS1 variable.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 4.6. CVSS Attack Vector: local. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P).

Overview

Type

GNU Bourne-Again SHellbash (GNU Bash)

First reported 28 years ago

1996-09-13 04:00:00

Last updated 8 years ago

2016-10-18 02:03:00

Affected Software

GNU Bourne-Again SHellbash (GNU Bash) 1.14.0

1.14.0

GNU Bourne-Again SHellbash (GNU Bash) 1.14.1

1.14.1

GNU Bourne-Again SHellbash (GNU Bash) 1.14.2

1.14.2

GNU Bourne-Again SHellbash (GNU Bash) 1.14.3

1.14.3

GNU Bourne-Again SHellbash (GNU Bash) 1.14.4

1.14.4

GNU Bourne-Again SHellbash (GNU Bash) 1.14.5

1.14.5

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