CVE-2019-9924
HIGH
7.8
CVSS Score
Published: March 22, 2019 at 07:05 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 02:44 AM UTC
6 products affected across 5 vendorsDebian LinuxUbuntu LinuxLeap
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Severity
HIGH7.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.4%
Description
rbash in Bash before 4.4-beta2 did not prevent the shell user from modifying BASH_CMDS, thus allowing the user to execute any command with the permissions of the shell.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Ubuntu Linux· Canonicalrubygems
95%Debian Linux· Debiandrupal
95%v < 4.44.4 beta1
Affected range stops below 4.4, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
All versions
Leap· openSUSEdrupal
95%Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (7)
x_refsource_MISCVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/bash.git/tree/CHANGES?h=bash-4.4-testing#n65Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00049.htmlx_refsource_MISCIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/bash/+bug/1803441Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/03/msg00028.htmlx_refsource_CONFIRMThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190411-0001/Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4058-1/Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4058-2/CVSS
- Attack Vector
- LOCAL
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- LOW
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- HIGH
- Integrity
- HIGH
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-862
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