Vulnerability CVE-2017-5932
Published: 2017-03-27

Description:
The path autocompletion feature in Bash 4.4 allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted filename starting with a " (double quote) character and a command substitution metacharacter.

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Topic
Author
Date
High
GNU/bash v4.4 autocompletion Code execution vulnerability
Jens Heyens, Ben...
08.02.2017

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
GNU -> BASH 

 References:
http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/bash.git/commit/?id=4f747edc625815f449048579f6e65869914dd715
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/08/3
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96136
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-bash/2017-01/msg00034.html
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