CVE-1999-1383
N/A
Published: September 12, 2001 at 04:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 09:50 PM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsBashTcsh
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.4%
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.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (2)
Mailing Listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
Source: [email protected]
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=87602167419868&w=2Mailing Listx_refsource_BUGTRAQExploitPatchVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.dataguard.no/bugtraq/1996_3/0503.htmlQuick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-264
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