CVE-2002-0043

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Summary

CVECVE-2002-0043
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2002-01-31 05:00:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC
Descriptionsudo 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.2 from [email protected]

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Todd Miller Sudo 1.6 All All All
Application Todd Miller Sudo 1.6.1 All All All
Application Todd Miller Sudo 1.6.2 All All All
Application Todd Miller Sudo 1.6.3 All All All
Application Todd Miller Sudo 1.6.3_p1 All All All
Application Todd Miller Sudo 1.6.3_p2 All All All
Application Todd Miller Sudo 1.6.3_p3 All All All
Application Todd Miller Sudo 1.6.3_p4 All All All
Application Todd Miller Sudo 1.6.3_p5 All All All
Application Todd Miller Sudo 1.6.3_p6 All All All
Application Todd Miller Sudo 1.6.3_p7 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
redhat.com | Red Hat Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
redhat.com | Red Hat Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
Sudo Unclean Environment Variable Root Program Execution Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-101-1 sudo af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
Security Issue with Sudo and Postfix af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.sudo.ws
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
SecurityFocus HOME Advisories: sudo af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Security Announcement af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.novell.com
Home - Conectiva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 distro.conectiva.com.br
ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SN-02%3A06.asc af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 ftp.freebsd.org
SecurityFocus HOME Mailing List: BugTraq af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Vendor Advisory
'Sudo +Postfix Exploit' - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info
frontal2.mandriva.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 frontal2.mandriva.com
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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