CVE-1999-1383

Medium CVSS 4.6

Published 1996-09-13 · last changed 2026-06-16

The fix

We hold no Microsoft remediation data for CVE-1999-1383, which normally means it is not a Windows CVE. For non-Microsoft software the fix is the vendor's own updated release, and the affected versions are listed below.

What it is

(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.

Sources

NVD record for CVE-1999-1383

CVSS vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P