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CVE-2002-0043
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…
High7.2EPSS 0.93%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- mitre
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.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 5 months later
· 5 months later
Published
- 22 years later
· 22 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.2 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.93% · top 39% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.2.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (12)
- RHSA-2002:013 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- sudo-unclean-env-root(7891) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- IMNX-2002-70-001-01 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_IMMUNIXx_transferred
- 3871 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 20020114 Sudo version 1.6.4 now available (fwd) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 20020116 Sudo +Postfix Exploit (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- http://www.sudo.ws/sudo/alerts/postfix.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- SuSE-SA:2002:002 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- MDKSA-2002:003 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRAKEx_transferred
- DSA-101 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- RHSA-2002:011 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- CLA-2002:451 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_CONECTIVAx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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