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CVE-1999-1383

n/a / n/a PUBLISHED

Description (CNA)

(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.

Affected (CNA)

Vendor / productVersions
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CWE

No CWE identifiers supplied.

References

ADP enrichment

CVE

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