CVE-2002-0043

published 2002-01-31

CVE-2002-0043: sudo 1.6.0 through 1.6.3p7 does not properly clear the environment before calling the mail program, which could allow local users to gain root privileges by…

Priority P4 27 high 7.2 CVSS 2.0

AV L AC L Au N C C I C A C

EXPLOIT

sudo 1.6.0 through 1.6.3p7 does not properly clear the environment before calling the mail program, which could allow local users to gain root privileges by modifying environment variables and changing how the mail program is invoked.

Affected

11 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
todd_miller	sudo	—	—
todd_miller	sudo	—	—
todd_miller	sudo	—	—
todd_miller	sudo	—	—
todd_miller	sudo	—	—
todd_miller	sudo	—	—
todd_miller	sudo	—	—
todd_miller	sudo	—	—
todd_miller	sudo	—	—
todd_miller	sudo	—	—
todd_miller	sudo	—	—

CVSS provenance

nvd v2.0 7.2 HIGH AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

vendor_redhat 7.2 HIGH

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