VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2005-2959

CVSS score4.6 MEDIUM
EPSS probability0.62%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2005-10-25
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Description

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.

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