The prompt parsing in bash allows a local user to execute commands as another user by creating a directory with the name of the command to execute.
CVSS Score
4.6
EPSS Score
0.003
Published
1999-04-20
(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.
CVSS Score
4.6
EPSS Score
0.001
Published
1996-09-13
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