PT-1999-1170 · Gnu · Bash

Published 1999-04-20 · Updated 2014-12-31 · CVE-1999-0491

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

4.6

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions bash (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue allows a local user to execute commands as another user by creating a directory with the name of the command to execute.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

Code Injection

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-94

Related Identifiers

CVE-1999-0491

Affected Products

Bash

References · 5

• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/19095 · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-1999-0491 · Security Note
• ftp://ftp.calderasystems.com/pub/OpenLinux/security/CSSA-1999-008.0.txt · Vendor Advisory
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/119 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/templates/archive.pike?list=1&msg=Pine.LNX.4.10.9904202114070.6623-100000%40smooth.Operator.org · Note