Privilege escalation in zsh - CVE-2014-10070
Published: March 7, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU10872
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2014-10070
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: SourceForge
Affected software:
zsh
zsh
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a local attacker to gain elevated privileges on the target system.
The weakness exists due to improper security restrictions when initial evaluating the values of imported integer variables. A local attacker can gain elevated privileges.
The weakness exists due to improper security restrictions when initial evaluating the values of imported integer variables. A local attacker can gain elevated privileges.
How to mitigate CVE-2014-10070
Update to version 5.0.7.