cve-1999-0491
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2000-06-02 04:00
Modified
2024-08-01 16:41
Severity ?
Summary
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.
References
cve@mitre.orgftp://ftp.calderasystems.com/pub/OpenLinux/security/CSSA-1999-008.0.txtPatch, Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/119
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/templates/archive.pike?list=1&msg=Pine.LNX.4.10.9904202114070.6623-100000%40smooth.Operator.org
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108ftp://ftp.calderasystems.com/pub/OpenLinux/security/CSSA-1999-008.0.txtPatch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/119
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/templates/archive.pike?list=1&msg=Pine.LNX.4.10.9904202114070.6623-100000%40smooth.Operator.org
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