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CVE-1999-1048

MEDIUM · CVSS 4.6 EPSS 0.54%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 1998-09-05 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a medium severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 4.6. See the original NVD description below for full technical details.

CVE
CVE-1999-1048
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
4.6
EPSS
0.54%

Original NVD 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.