CVEvulnerability

CVE-2002-0043

7.2 HIGH Published 2002-01-31 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2002-01-31
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
7.2 HIGH — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

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.

Affected configurations

• todd miller sudo 1.6 • todd miller sudo 1.6.1 • todd miller sudo 1.6.2 • todd miller sudo 1.6.3 • todd miller sudo 1.6.3 p1 • todd miller sudo 1.6.3 p2 • todd miller sudo 1.6.3 p3 • todd miller sudo 1.6.3 p4 • todd miller sudo 1.6.3 p5 • todd miller sudo 1.6.3 p6 • todd miller sudo 1.6.3 p7

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