Vulnerability CVE-2019-18276


Published: 2019-11-28   Modified: 2019-12-04

Description:
An issue was discovered in disable_priv_mode in shell.c in GNU Bash through 5.0 patch 11. By default, if Bash is run with its effective UID not equal to its real UID, it will drop privileges by setting its effective UID to its real UID. However, it does so incorrectly. On Linux and other systems that support "saved UID" functionality, the saved UID is not dropped. An attacker with command execution in the shell can use "enable -f" for runtime loading of a new builtin, which can be a shared object that calls setuid() and therefore regains privileges. However, binaries running with an effective UID of 0 are unaffected.

See advisories in our WLB2 database:
Topic
Author
Date
High
Bash 5.0 Patch 11 Privilege Escalation *youtube
Mohin Paramasiva...
02.12.2019
Med.
Bash 5.0 Patch 11 SUID Priv Drop Exploit
Ian Pudney , Che...
13.12.2019

Type:

CWE-273

(Improper Check for Dropped Privileges)

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

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
10/10
10/10
10/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Complete
Complete
Complete
Affected software
GNU -> BASH 

 References:
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155498/Bash-5.0-Patch-11-Privilege-Escalation.html
https://github.com/bminor/bash/commit/951bdaad7a18cc0dc1036bba86b18b90874d39ff
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-wGtxJ8opa8

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