RCE in Dash

CVE-2009-0854

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.

Vulnerability class: Command Injection (OS Command Injection)

EPSS: 0.004 (36.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

  • Dash — versions 0.5.4
  • N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

References