{"id":"CVE-1999-0491","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-1999-0491","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T20:42:04.368Z","title":"The prompt parsing in bash allows a local user to execute commands as another user by creating a directory with the name of the command to execute.","description":"The prompt parsing in bash allows a local user to execute commands as another user by creating a directory with the name of the command to execute.","published":"1999-04-20T04:00:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-16T21:48:31.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"2.0","score":4.6,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P"},"cwe":["CWE-94"],"affected":["gnu/bash"],"epss":{"score":0.00865,"percentile":0.58379,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":1,"verified":true,"firstPublished":"1999-04-20","source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[{"edbId":19095,"kind":"exploit","title":"GNU GNU bash 1.14 - Path Embedded Code Execution","url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/19095","sourceUrl":"https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/linux/local/19095.txt","file":"exploits/linux/local/19095.txt","published":"1999-04-20","added":"1999-04-20","updated":"2012-06-12","author":"Shadow","type":"local","platform":"linux","port":null,"verified":true,"codes":["OSVDB-907","CVE-1999-0491"],"tags":null,"aliases":null,"applicationUrl":null,"screenshotUrl":null,"referenceUrl":"https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/119/info"}]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"A public exploit is published in Exploit-DB (verified), so the technical barrier is gone even though the severity is medium and EPSS is 0.9%. Treat it as high on anything reachable from the internet."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"ftp://ftp.calderasystems.com/pub/OpenLinux/security/CSSA-1999-008.0.txt","tags":["Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/119","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/templates/archive.pike?list=1&msg=Pine.LNX.4.10.9904202114070.6623-100000%40smooth.Operator.org","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"ftp://ftp.calderasystems.com/pub/OpenLinux/security/CSSA-1999-008.0.txt","tags":["Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/119","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/templates/archive.pike?list=1&msg=Pine.LNX.4.10.9904202114070.6623-100000%40smooth.Operator.org","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-1999-0491","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}