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    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:Oct 25, 2005
    Last Modified:Apr 16, 2026
    EPS:Oct 25, 2005
    EPSS Score:0.00128
    CVSS Score:4.6

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Todd Miller
    Product
    Sudo

    Exploits

    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15191http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15191

    Common Weakness Enumeration

    No CWE recorded yet

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    No CAPEC recorded yet

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    CVE-2013-2777 (CVSS 4.4) — sudo before 1.7.10p5 and 1.8.x before 1.8.6p6, when the tty_tickets option is enabled, does not properly valid…
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    References

    http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305214
    http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/Mar/msg00002.html
    http://secunia.com/advisories/17318
    http://secunia.com/advisories/17322
    http://secunia.com/advisories/17345
    http://secunia.com/advisories/17390
    http://secunia.com/advisories/17666
    http://secunia.com/advisories/18549
    http://secunia.com/advisories/24479
    http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-870
    http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:201
    http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_02_sr.html
    http://www.openpkg.org/security/OpenPKG-SA-2006.002-sudo.html
    http://www.securityfocus.com/advisories/9643
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15191
    http://www.sudo.ws/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=182
    http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-072A.html
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0930
    https://usn.ubuntu.com/213-1/
    http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305214
    http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/Mar/msg00002.html
    http://secunia.com/advisories/17318
    http://secunia.com/advisories/17322
    http://secunia.com/advisories/17345
    http://secunia.com/advisories/17390
    http://secunia.com/advisories/17666
    http://secunia.com/advisories/18549
    http://secunia.com/advisories/24479
    http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-870
    http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:201
    http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_02_sr.html
    http://www.openpkg.org/security/OpenPKG-SA-2006.002-sudo.html
    http://www.securityfocus.com/advisories/9643
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15191
    http://www.sudo.ws/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=182
    http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-072A.html
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0930
    https://usn.ubuntu.com/213-1/

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High