CVE-1999-1383 (GCVE-0-1999-1383)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2001-09-12 04:00 – Updated: 2024-08-01 17:11
VLAI
Summary
(1) bash before 1.14.7, and (2) tcsh 6.05 allow local users to gain privileges via directory names that contain shell metacharacters (` back-tick), which can cause the commands enclosed in the directory name to be executed when the shell expands filenames using the \w option in the PS1 variable.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
http://www.dataguard.no/bugtraq/1996_3/0503.html mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=87602167419868&w=2 mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
Date Public
1996-09-13 00:00
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