Shell Metacharacter Vulnerability in bash and tcsh

CVE-1999-1383 · MEDIUM Severity

AV:L/AC:L/AU:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

(1) bash before 1.14.7, and (2) tcsh 6.05 allow local users to gain privileges via directory names that contain shell metacharacters (` back-tick), which can cause the commands enclosed in the directory name to be executed when the shell expands filenames using the \w option in the PS1 variable.

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