CVE-1999-1048

Buffer overflow in bash 2.0.0, 1.4.17, and other versions allows local attackers to gain privileges by creating an extremely large directory name, which is inserted into the pas…

Published: 2002-03-09 · CVSS: Unscored

Buffer overflow in bash 2.0.0, 1.4.17, and other versions allows local attackers to gain privileges by creating an extremely large directory name, which is inserted into the password prompt via the \w option in the PS1 environmental variable when another user changes into that directory.

Original CVE JSON · STIX 2.1

Source: CVE Program · Revision 8b16575c39f1e1810c5e863010da073d2d3285e7