Todd Miller: >> Sudo >> 1.6 Security Vulnerabilities
sudo 1.6.8 and other versions does not clear the PYTHONINSPECT environment variable, which allows limited local users to gain privileges via a Python script, a variant of CVE-2005-4158.
CVSS Score
7.2
EPSS Score
0.001
Published
2006-01-09
Sudo before 1.6.8 p12, when the Perl taint flag is off, does not clear the (1) PERLLIB, (2) PERL5LIB, and (3) PERL5OPT environment variables, which allows limited local users to cause a Perl script to include and execute arbitrary library files that have the same name as library files that are included by the script.
CVSS Score
4.6
EPSS Score
0.005
Published
2005-12-11
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.
CVSS Score
4.6
EPSS Score
0.001
Published
2005-10-25
Race condition in sudo 1.3.1 up to 1.6.8p8, when the ALL pseudo-command is used after a user entry in the sudoers file, allows local users to gain privileges via a symlink attack.
CVSS Score
3.7
EPSS Score
0.001
Published
2005-06-20
Sudo VISudo 1.6.8 and earlier allows local users to corrupt arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files.
CVSS Score
2.1
EPSS Score
0.001
Published
2005-05-02
sudo before 1.6.8p2 allows local users to execute arbitrary commands by using "()" style environment variables to create functions that have the same name as any program within the bash script that is called without using the program's full pathname.
CVSS Score
7.2
EPSS Score
0.001
Published
2005-03-01
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.
CVSS Score
7.2
EPSS Score
0.002
Published
2002-01-31
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