CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-1999-1383

Published: Sep 13, 1996 | Modified: Oct 18, 2016
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
4.6 MEDIUM
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

(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.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Bash Gnu * 1.14.6
Tcsh Tcsh 6.05 6.05
Bash Gnu 1.14.3 1.14.3
Bash Gnu 1.14.1 1.14.1
Bash Gnu 1.14.2 1.14.2
Bash Gnu 1.14.4 1.14.4
Bash Gnu 1.14.5 1.14.5
Bash Gnu 1.14.0 1.14.0

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