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CVE-1999-0491

CVE information

Published

24 years ago

Last Modified

4 months ago

CVSSv2.0 Severity

Medium

Impact Analysis

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..

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:a:gnu:bash:1.14.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:bash:2.05:a:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:bash:2.05:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:bash:1.14.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:bash:2.01:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:bash:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:bash:2.01.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:bash:1.14.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:bash:1.14.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:bash:1.14.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:bash:1.14.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:bash:2.02.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:bash:1.14.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:bash:1.14.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:bash:2.02:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:bash:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:bash:2.03:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -