VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2009-0854
Untrusted search path vulnerability in dash 0.5.4, when used as a login shell, allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a Trojan horse .profile file in the current working directory.
MEDIUM 6.9EPSS 0.45%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.45%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
Untrusted search path vulnerability in dash 0.5.4, when used as a login shell, allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a Trojan horse .profile file in the current working directory.
- CVSS 2.0
- 6.9 MEDIUMAV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 0.45% probability · 38th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-78
- Affected
- dash/dash
- Source
- security@ubuntu.com
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34205
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34092
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-732-1
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/49216
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34205
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34092
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-732-1
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/49216
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.