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CVE-2017-5932

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Date: March 27, 2017

The path autocompletion feature in Bash 4.4 allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted filename starting with a " (double quote) character and a command substitution metacharacter.

Language: C

Severity Score

5.9

Related Resources (5)

Url: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96136

Url: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-5932

Url: https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2017-5932

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-5932

Url: https://www.whitesourcesoftware.com/vulnerability-database/CVE-2017-5932

Severity Score

5.9

Weakness Type (CWE)

Input Validation

CWE-20

Top Fix

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CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	5.9
Attack Vector (AV):	LOCAL
Attack Complexity (AC):	LOW
Privileges Required (PR):	NONE
User Interaction (UI):	NONE
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	LOW
Integrity (I):	LOW
Availability (A):	LOW

CVSS v2

Base Score:	4.6
Access Vector (AV):	LOCAL
Access Complexity (AC):	LOW
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	PARTIAL
Integrity (I):	PARTIAL
Availability (A):	PARTIAL
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