CVE-2005-2959

Incomplete blacklist vulnerability in sudo 1.6.8 and earlier allows local users to gain privileges via the (1) SHELLOPTS and (2) PS4 environment variables…

published October 25, 2005

CVSS
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EPSS
1%
Percentile
49.3
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

Incomplete blacklist vulnerability in sudo 1.6.8 and earlier allows local users to gain privileges via the (1) SHELLOPTS and (2) PS4 environment variables before executing a bash script on behalf of another user, which are not cleared even though other variables are.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00624 · 49.3th percentile
Published
2005-10-25T04:00Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 25 OCT 04:00Z
    Incomplete blacklist vulnerability in sudo 1.6.8 and earlier allows local users to gain privileges via the (1) SHELLOPTS and (2) PS4 environment variables…
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