CVE-2019-9891

The function getopt_simple as described in Advanced Bash Scripting Guide (ISBN 978-1435752184) allows privilege escalation and execution of commands when used in a shell script called, for example, via sudo.

Score

CVSS 3.0 9.8 Critical

Status

Modified - cve@mitre.org

Published

2019-05-31

Last modified

2024-08-04

Weaknesses

CWE-94

Affected products

• Advanced Bash-scripting Guide (Tldp)

References

• https://www.redteam-pentesting.de/advisories/rt-sa-2019-007