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CVE-1999-1048
CVE information
Published
Last Modified
CVSSv2.0 Severity
Impact Analysis
Description
Buffer overflow in bash 2.0.0, 1.4.17, and other versions allows local attackers to gain privileges by creating an extremely large directory name, which is inserted into the password prompt via the \w option in the PS1 environmental variable when another user changes into that directory..
CVSSv2.0 Score
- Severity
- Medium
- Base Score
- 4.6/10
- Exploit Score
- 3.9/10
- Access Vector
- Local
- Access Complexity
- Low
- Authentication Required
- None
- Impact Score
- 6.4/10
- Confidentiality Impact
- Partial
- Availability Impact
- Partial
- Integrity Impact
- Partial
Products Affected
| CPE | Affected | Vulnerable | Excluding | Edit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:1.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - | |
| cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux:4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - |