VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-1999-1048
CVSS score4.6 NONE
EPSS probability0.53%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published1998-09-05
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Description
Buffer overflow in bash 2.0.0, 1.4.17, and other versions allows local attackers to gain privileges by creating an extremely large directory name, which is inserted into the password prompt via the \w option in the PS1 environmental variable when another user changes into that directory.
Weakness classification
- nvd@nist.gov: NVD-CWE-Other
Primary references
- cve@mitre.org
- cve@mitre.org — Patch, Vendor Advisory
- cve@mitre.org
- cve@mitre.org — Exploit, Vendor Advisory
- cve@mitre.org
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Patch, Vendor Advisory
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Exploit, Vendor Advisory
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108