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CVE-1999-1048

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.6 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 1998-09-05 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Buffer overflow in bash 2.0.0, 1.4.17, and other versions allows local attackers to gain privileges by creating an extremely large directory name, which is inserted into the password prompt via the \w option in the PS1 environmental variable when another user changes into that directory.

Affected products

• Debian Linux: 1.3.1
• RedHat Linux: 4.2

References

• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=87602746719555&w=2
• http://www.debian.org/security/1998/19980909
• http://www.osvdb.org/8345
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/10542
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/3414
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=87602746719555&w=2
• http://www.debian.org/security/1998/19980909
• http://www.osvdb.org/8345
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/10542
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/3414

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