CVE-2019-14868 HIGH

CVE-2019-14868

Vendor Kornshell
Product ksh
Weakness CWE-77
Published April 2, 2020
Last update August 5, 2024

CVSS base score

7.4/10
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity High
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Confidentiality High
Integrity High

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

What the vulnerability does

01Description

In ksh version 20120801, a flaw was found in the way it evaluates certain environment variables. An attacker could use this flaw to override or bypass environment restrictions to execute shell commands. Services and applications that allow remote unauthenticated attackers to provide one of those environment variables could allow them to exploit this issue remotely.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

April 2, 2020 CVE published
August 5, 2024 Record updated