CVE-1999-0491 describes a prompt parsing vulnerability in GNU bash that allows a local user to execute arbitrary commands as another user by creating a specially named directory. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 4.6) has a low attack complexity and requires local access, potentially leading to partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability compromise. While not actively exploited in the wild and lacking significant community discussion, an ExploitDB entry (EDB-19095) exists, indicating public exploit code availability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 2.04CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gnu:bash:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.14.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gnu:bash:1.14.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.14.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gnu:bash:1.14.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.14.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gnu:bash:1.14.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.14.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gnu:bash:1.14.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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