NVD

Id
75698  
Name
CVE-1999-1048  
Description
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.  
Reject
 
CVSS Version
2  
CVSS Score
4.6  
Severity
Medium  
CVSS Base Score
4.6  
CVSS Impact Subscore
6.4  
CVSS Exploit Subscore
3.9  
CVSS Vector
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)  
Pub Date
2017-01-05  
Published
1998-09-05  
Modified Date
2016-10-17  
Seq
1999-1048  

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