CVE-2019-9891

CVSS V2 High 10 CVSS V3 Critical 9.8

Description

The function getopt_simple as described in Advanced Bash Scripting Guide (ISBN 978-1435752184) allows privilege escalation and execution of commands when used in a shell script called, for example, via sudo.

Overview

CVE ID
CVE-2019-9891

Assigner
cve@mitre.org

Vulnerability Status
Analyzed

Published Version
2019-05-31T21:29:06

Last Modified Date
2020-08-24T17:37:01

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:tldp:advanced_bash-scripting_guide::::::::	1	OR

CVSS Version 2

Version
2.0

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

Access Vector
NETWORK

Access Compatibility
LOW

Authentication
NONE

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE

Integrity Impact
COMPLETE

Availability Impact
COMPLETE

Base Score
10

Severity
HIGH

Exploitability Score
10

Impact Score
10

CVSS Version 3

Version
3.0

Vector String
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK

Attack Compatibility
LOW

Privileges Required
NONE

User Interaction
NONE

Scope
UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact
HIGH

Availability Impact
HIGH

Base Score
9.8

Base Severity
CRITICAL

Exploitability Score
3.9

Impact Score
5.9

References

Reference URL	Reference Tags
https://www.redteam-pentesting.de/advisories/rt-sa-2019-007	Exploit Third Party Advisory

Sources

Source Name	Source URL
NIST	https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-9891
MITRE	https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-9891

History

Created	Old Value	New Value	Data Type	Notes
2022-05-10 17:18:48				Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-03 21:29:43	2019-05-31T21:29Z	2019-05-31T21:29:06	CVE Published Date	updated
2022-12-03 21:29:43		2020-08-24T17:37:01	CVE Modified Date	updated
2022-12-03 21:29:43		Analyzed	Vulnerability Status	updated