Security Advisory

CVE-2018-1083

7.8
HIGH

Vulnerability Description

Zsh before version 5.4.2-test-1 is vulnerable to a buffer overflow in the shell autocomplete functionality. A local unprivileged user can create a specially crafted directory path which leads to code execution in the context of the user who tries to use autocomplete to traverse the before mentioned path. If the user affected is privileged, this leads to privilege escalation.
Published Date March 28, 2018
Official Source NIST NVD Advisory