GNU Bash Argument 255 privileges management

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A vulnerability was found in GNU Bash. It has been classified as problematic. This affects an unknown code block of the component Argument Handler. The manipulation of the argument 255 with an unknown input leads to a privilege escalation vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-269. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

bash treats any character with a value of 255 as a command separator.

The weakness was disclosed 10/08/1996. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-1999-0234. The exploitability is told to be easy. Attacking locally is a requirement. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 04/03/2019). Due to its background and reception, this vulnerability has a historic impact.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

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  • Caldera Openlinux
  • Red Hat Linux 3.0.3
  • SGI IRIX
  • SuSE Linux 4.2
  • Yggdrasil Linux

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VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.7

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Class: Privilege escalation
CWE: CWE-269
ATT&CK: Unknown

Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Recommended: Upgrade
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10/08/1996 🔍
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Sourcesinfoedit

Vendor: https://www.gnu.org/

Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-1999-0234 (🔍)

Entryinfoedit

Created: 06/17/2014 05:32 PM
Updated: 04/03/2019 03:24 PM
Changes: (9) vulnerability_cvss2_nvd_av vulnerability_cvss2_nvd_ac vulnerability_cvss2_nvd_au vulnerability_cvss2_nvd_ci vulnerability_cvss2_nvd_ii vulnerability_cvss2_nvd_ai source_cve_nvd_published source_cve_nvd_summary vulnerability_cwe
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