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CVE-2002-0043

CVE information

Published

22 years ago

Last Modified

5 years ago

CVSSv2.0 Severity

High

Impact Analysis

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Description

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..

CVSSv2.0 Score

Severity
High
Base Score
7.2/10
Exploit Score
3.9/10
Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication Required
None
Impact Score
10/10
Confidentiality Impact
Complete
Availability Impact
Complete
Integrity Impact
Complete

Products Affected

CPE Affected Vulnerable Excluding Edit
cpe:2.3:a:todd_miller:sudo:1.6.3_p6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:todd_miller:sudo:1.6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:todd_miller:sudo:1.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:todd_miller:sudo:1.6.3_p5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:todd_miller:sudo:1.6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:todd_miller:sudo:1.6.3_p2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:todd_miller:sudo:1.6.3_p4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:todd_miller:sudo:1.6.3_p3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:todd_miller:sudo:1.6.3_p7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:todd_miller:sudo:1.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:todd_miller:sudo:1.6.3_p1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -

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