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.
Published: 2009-03-11
Score: 6.9 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2009-0851 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.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-732-1 dash vulnerability
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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: canonical

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-07T04:48:52.594Z

Reserved: 2009-03-09T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2009-0854

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Status : Modified

Published: 2009-03-11T14:19:15.390

Modified: 2026-04-23T00:35:47.467

Link: CVE-2009-0854

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Weaknesses