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CVE-2009-0854

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.9 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2009-03-11 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-78

Description

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.

Affected products

• Dash: 0.5.4

References

• http://secunia.com/advisories/34205
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34092
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-732-1
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/49216
• http://secunia.com/advisories/34205
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34092
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-732-1
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/49216

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