CVE-2014-7169
KEVHIGH 10.0EPSS 99.9%
GNU Bash through 4.3 bash43-025 processes trailing strings after certain malformed function definitions in the values of environment variables, which allows remote attackers to write to files or possibly have unknown other impact via a crafted environment, as demonstrated by vectors involving the ForceCommand feature in OpenSSH sshd, the mod_cgi and mod_cgid modules in the Apache HTTP Server, scripts executed by unspecified DHCP clients, and other situations in which setting the environment occurs across a privilege boundary from Bash execution. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2014-6271.
- CVSS v3.1
- 9.8 CRITICAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS v3.1
- 9.8 CRITICAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS v2.0
- 10.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C - EPSS
- 99.94% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 100th percentile
- CISA KEV
- added 2022-01-28
- Published
- 2014-09-25
- Updated
- 2025-10-22
Proof-of-concept exploits (15)
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/128517/VMware-Security-Advisory-2014-0010.html
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/128567/CA-Technologies-GNU-Bash-Shellshock.html
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/34879/
- UMDTERPS/Shell-Shock-Update0★ · 2014-12-17
- andrewxx007/MyExploit-ShellShock1★ · 2023-05-15
- gina-alaska/bash-cve-2014-7169-cookbook0★ · 2015-09-30
- h0n3yb/poc-development0★ · 2021-01-19
- mrigank-9594/Exploit-Shellshock0★ · 2021-06-24
- mritunjay-k/CVE-2014-62710★ · 2023-03-02
- opsxcq/exploit-CVE-2014-6271231★ · 2023-05-11
- pbr94/Shellshock-Bash-Remote-Code-Execution-Vulnerability-and-Exploitation2★ · 2020-05-10
- rcvalle/exploits3★ · 2024-12-29
- securetiger/Exploit-Shellshock0★ · 2021-06-24
- timb-machine-mirrors/rcvalle-exploits0★ · 2023-01-01
- Kushiro45/shellshock-poc-cve-2014-7169
ExploitDB entries (8)
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/36933
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/35115
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/34896
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/34895
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/34862
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/34839
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/34777
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/34766