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CVE-1999-0491

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.

Published

1999-04-20T04:00:00.000

Last Modified

2025-04-03T01:03:51.193

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 4.6 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Access Vector: LOCAL
Access Complexity: LOW
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: PARTIAL
Integrity Impact: PARTIAL
Availability Impact: PARTIAL

Exploitability Score

3.9

Impact Score

6.4

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-94

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	gnu	bash	≤ 2.04	Yes
Application	gnu	bash	1.14.0	Yes
Application	gnu	bash	1.14.1	Yes
Application	gnu	bash	1.14.2	Yes
Application	gnu	bash	1.14.3	Yes
Application	gnu	bash	1.14.4	Yes
Application	gnu	bash	1.14.5	Yes
Application	gnu	bash	1.14.6	Yes
Application	gnu	bash	1.14.7	Yes
Application	gnu	bash	2.0	Yes
Application	gnu	bash	2.01	Yes
Application	gnu	bash	2.01.1	Yes
Application	gnu	bash	2.02	Yes
Application	gnu	bash	2.02.1	Yes
Application	gnu	bash	2.03	Yes
Application	gnu	bash	2.05	Yes
Application	gnu	bash	2.05	Yes

References

ftp://ftp.calderasystems.com/pub/OpenLinux/security/CSSA-1999-008.0.txt Patch, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/119 ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/templates/archive.pike?list=1&msg=Pine.LNX.4.10.9904202114070.6623-100000%40smooth.Operator.org ([email protected])
ftp://ftp.calderasystems.com/pub/OpenLinux/security/CSSA-1999-008.0.txt Patch, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/119 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/templates/archive.pike?list=1&msg=Pine.LNX.4.10.9904202114070.6623-100000%40smooth.Operator.org (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)