CVE-2019-9924

HIGH

Bash < 4.4 - Missing Authorization via BASH_CMDS Manipulation

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

rbash in Bash before 4.4-beta2 did not prevent the shell user from modifying BASH_CMDS, thus allowing the user to execute any command with the permissions of the shell.

References (7)

Core 7
Core References
Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/bash/+bug/1803441
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/03/msg00028.html
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00049.html
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190411-0001/
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4058-1/
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4058-2/

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8
EPSS 0.0031
EPSS Percentile 54.5%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-862
Status published
Products (9)
canonical/ubuntu_linux 12.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux 14.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux 16.04
debian/debian_linux 8.0
gnu/bash 4.4 beta1
gnu/bash < 4.4
netapp/hci_management_node
netapp/solidfire
opensuse/leap 42.3
Published Mar 22, 2019
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026