Vulnerability Details : CVE-2005-2959

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.
Published 2005-10-25 16:02:00
Updated 2018-10-03 21:31:15
Source Debian GNU/Linux
View at NVD,   CVE.org

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2005-2959

EPSS FAQ
0.04%
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days EPSS Score History
~ 6 %
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less

CVSS scores for CVE-2005-2959

Base Score Base Severity CVSS Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Score Source First Seen
4.6
 MEDIUM AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
3.9
6.4
 NIST

CWE ids for CVE-2005-2959

  • Assigned by: nvd@nist.gov (Primary)

Vendor statements for CVE-2005-2959

  • Red Hat 2006-08-30
    We do not consider this to be a security issue: http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=139478#c1

References for CVE-2005-2959

Products affected by CVE-2005-2959

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