Vulnerability CVE-1999-1383


Published: 1996-09-13   Modified: 2012-02-12

Description:
(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.

CVSS2 => (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
4.6/10
6.4/10
3.9/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Local
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
Partial
Partial
Affected software
TCSH -> TCSH 
GNU -> BASH 

 References:
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=87602167419868&w=2
http://www.dataguard.no/bugtraq/1996_3/0503.html

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