CVE-1999-0491 Command injection in n/a
A local attacker can execute arbitrary commands as another user by creating a directory with a specific name, leading to privilege escalation.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-1999-0491?
CVE-1999-0491 is a medium-severity command injection vulnerability in n/a, published on 2 Jun 2000. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The prompt parsing in bash allows a local user to execute commands as another user by creating a directory with the name of the command to execute.
Weakness: CWE-94
Which versions are affected by CVE-1999-0491?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Gnu Bash.
How do I fix CVE-1999-0491?
No fix has been published for CVE-1999-0491 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and pass arguments to programs as a list instead of through a shell. More about Command injection.
Is CVE-1999-0491 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-1999-0491 exists.
Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-fxcm-gf29-76g5.