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CVE-1999-0491

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-94 Code Injection
Publication date:
20/04/1999
Last modified:
03/04/2025

Description

The prompt parsing in bash allows a local user to execute commands as another user by creating a directory with the name of the command to execute.

Impact

Vector 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 4.60 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): Physical
Integrity (I): Physical
Availability (A): Physical

Base Score 2.0
4.60
Severity 2.0
MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:bash:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 2.04 (including)
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:bash:1.14.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:bash:1.14.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:bash:1.14.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:bash:1.14.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:bash:1.14.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:bash:1.14.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:bash:1.14.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:bash:1.14.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:bash:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:bash:2.01:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:bash:2.01.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:bash:2.02:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:bash:2.02.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:bash:2.03:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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