CVE-2017-5932

CVSS V2 Medium 4.6 CVSS V3 High 7.8
Description
The path autocompletion feature in Bash 4.4 allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted filename starting with a " (double quote) character and a command substitution metacharacter.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2017-5932
  • Assigner
  • secalert@redhat.com
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2017-03-27T15:59:00
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2017-03-31T11:24:11
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-20 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/20.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:bash:4.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 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
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.0
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • LOW
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • HIGH
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 7.8
  • Base Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 1.8
  • Impact Score
  • 5.9
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-bash/2017-01/msg00034.html Mailing List Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96136 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/08/3 Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory
http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/bash.git/commit/?id=4f747edc625815f449048579f6e65869914dd715 Patch Third Party Advisory
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-5932
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-5932
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 09:46:07 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 15:08:58 2017-03-27T15:59Z 2017-03-27T15:59:00 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-02 15:08:58 2017-03-31T11:24:11 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-02 15:08:58 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated