CVE-2017-5932

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Source

https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-5932

Import Source

https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2017-5932.json

JSON Data

https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2017-5932

Downstream

DEBIAN-CVE-2017-5932

Published

2017-03-27T15:59:00.590Z

Modified

2026-07-26T05:11:42.011950Z

Severity

7.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator

Summary

[none]

Details

The path autocompletion feature in Bash 4.4 allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted filename starting with a " (double quote) character and a command substitution metacharacter.

References

Affected packages

Git / http.git.savannah.gnu.org/git/bash.git/

Affected ranges

Type

GIT

Repo

http://http.git.savannah.gnu.org/git/bash.git/

Events

Introduced

a0c0a00fc419b7bc08202a79134fcd5bc0427071

Last affected

a0c0a00fc419b7bc08202a79134fcd5bc0427071

Database specific

{
    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:gnu:bash:4.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
    "extracted_events": [
        {
            "introduced": "4.4"
        },
        {
            "last_affected": "4.4"
        }
    ],
    "source": "CPE_STRING"
}

Affected versions

4.*

4.4

bash-4.*

bash-4.4

Database specific

source

"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2017-5932.json"

Git / cgit.git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/bash.git