6.9
CVSSv2

CVE-2009-0854

Published: 11/03/2009 Updated: 17/08/2017
CVSS v2 Base Score: 6.9 | Impact Score: 10 | Exploitability Score: 3.4
VMScore: 614
Vector: AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Vulnerability Summary

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.

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Wolfgang M Reimer discovered that dash, when invoked as a login shell, would source profile files from the current directory Local users may be able to bypass security restrictions and gain root privileges by placing specially crafted profile files where they might get sourced by other dash users ...