CVE-1999-0491

CVSS V2 Medium 4.6 CVSS V3 None

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.

Overview

CVE ID
CVE-1999-0491

Assigner
cve@mitre.org

Vulnerability Status
Analyzed

Published Version
1999-04-20T04:00:00

Last Modified Date
2014-12-31T15:18:18

Weakness Enumerations

CWE	URL
CWE-94	http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/94.html

CPE Configuration (Product)

CPE	Vulnerable	Operator	Version Start	Version End
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:bash::::::::	1	OR		2.04
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:bash:1.14.0:::::::*	1	OR
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:bash:1.14.1:::::::*	1	OR
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:bash:1.14.2:::::::*	1	OR
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:bash:1.14.3:::::::*	1	OR
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:bash:1.14.4:::::::*	1	OR
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:bash:1.14.5:::::::*	1	OR
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:bash:1.14.6:::::::*	1	OR
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:bash:1.14.7:::::::*	1	OR
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:bash:2.0:::::::*	1	OR
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:bash:2.01:::::::*	1	OR
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:bash:2.01.1:::::::*	1	OR
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:bash:2.02:::::::*	1	OR
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:bash:2.02.1:::::::*	1	OR
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:bash:2.03:::::::*	1	OR
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:bash:2.05:::::::*	1	OR
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:bash:2.05:a::::::	1	OR

CVSS Version 2

Version
2.0

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

Access Vector
LOCAL

Access Compatibility
LOW

Authentication
NONE

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL

Integrity Impact
PARTIAL

Availability Impact
PARTIAL

Base Score
4.6

Severity
MEDIUM

Exploitability Score
3.9

Impact Score
6.4

References

Reference URL	Reference Tags
ftp://ftp.calderasystems.com/pub/OpenLinux/security/CSSA-1999-008.0.txt	Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/templates/archive.pike?list=1&msg=Pine.LNX.4.10.9904202114070.6623-100000@smooth.Operator.org
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/119

Sources

Source Name	Source URL
NIST	https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-1999-0491
MITRE	https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-1999-0491

History

Created	Old Value	New Value	Data Type	Notes
2022-05-10 10:25:08				Added to TrackCVE