CVEvulnerability
CVE-2017-5932
7.8 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2017-03-27
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 4.6 MEDIUM — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-20
Description
The path autocompletion feature in Bash 4.4 allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted filename starting with a " (double quote) character and a command substitution metacharacter.
Affected configurations
• gnu bash 4.4
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-20 Improper Input Validation weakness
References
- http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/bash.git/commit/?id=4f747edc625815f449048579f6e65869914dd715 Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/08/3 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96136 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-bash/2017-01/msg00034.html Mailing List, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/bash.git/commit/?id=4f747edc625815f449048579f6e65869914dd715 Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/08/3 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96136 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-bash/2017-01/msg00034.html Mailing List, Patch, Vendor Advisory