CVE-2019-18276

HIGH

GNU Bash <5.0.11 - Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm

Description

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)

nomisec WORKING POC 3 stars
by M-ensimag · poc
https://github.com/M-ensimag/CVE-2019-18276
nomisec WORKING POC
by SABI-Ensimag · poc
https://github.com/SABI-Ensimag/CVE-2019-18276

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