ID:2373 - Exploit for Memory corruption in Bash - CVE-2014-7186

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Vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.

The weakness exists due to out-of-bounds memory access while handling multiple "<<EOF" declarations. A remote attacker can trigger memory corruption and execute arbitrary code.

Exploitation example:

bash -c 'true <<EOF <<EOF <<EOF <<EOF <<EOF <<EOF <<EOF <<EOF <<EOF <<EOF <<EOF <<EOF <<EOF <<EOF' ||  echo "CVE-2014-7186 vulnerable, redir_stack"

Successful exploitation results in arbitrary code execution on the vulnerable system.

Note: this vulnerability was being actively exploited.

Remediation