CVE-2019-18276
HIGHGNU Bash <5.0.11 - Privilege Escalation
Title source: llmDescription
An issue was discovered in disable_priv_mode in shell.c in GNU Bash through 5.0 patch 11. By default, if Bash is run with its effective UID not equal to its real UID, it will drop privileges by setting its effective UID to its real UID. However, it does so incorrectly. On Linux and other systems that support "saved UID" functionality, the saved UID is not dropped. An attacker with command execution in the shell can use "enable -f" for runtime loading of a new builtin, which can be a shared object that calls setuid() and therefore regains privileges. However, binaries running with an effective UID of 0 are unaffected.
Exploits (2)
References (7)
Scores
CVSS v3
7.8
EPSS
0.4961
EPSS Percentile
97.8%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Classification
CWE
CWE-273
Status
published
Affected Products (19)
gnu/bash
< 5.0
gnu/bash
gnu/bash
gnu/bash
gnu/bash
gnu/bash
gnu/bash
gnu/bash
gnu/bash
gnu/bash
gnu/bash
gnu/bash
gnu/bash
gnu/bash
gnu/bash
... and 4 more
Timeline
Published
Nov 28, 2019
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026