CVE-1999-0491

published 1999-04-20

CVE-1999-0491: 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.

Priority P4 14 medium 4.6 CVSS 2.0

AV L AC L Au N C P I P A P

EXPLOIT

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.

Affected

16 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
gnu	bash	<= 2.04	—
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