CVE-1999-0491

mediumpriority · track · 28EPSS 0.009 · 59 %ileexploit · functionalEUUS

grimoire priorityP1 · Urgent

Exploitable?

Public exploit

1 exploit · functional

Likely / severe?

0.86% (59th) EPSS

CVSS 4.6 · medium

Is it mine?

17 products

Who says so?

2 sources

enisa_euvd · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-28

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.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

4.6

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v2.04.6mediumAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:Pprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.9 · impact 6.4

v2.04.1mediumAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P/E:POCsecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

Public proof-of-concept and weaponised exploit code.

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

Which sources assert this record, and when.

published 1999-04-20modified 2026-06-16

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