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CVE-2006-0151
sudo 1.6.8 and other versions does not clear the PYTHONINSPECT environment variable, which allows limited local users to gain privileges…
- 7.2HighCVSS base score
- 0.61%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 50% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
sudo 1.6.8 and other versions does not clear the PYTHONINSPECT environment variable, which allows limited local users to gain privileges via a Python script, a variant of CVE-2005-4158.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
Published
- 19 years later
· 19 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)
- 0.61% · top 50% of all CVEs (11 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.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
References14
- 2006-0010 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_TRUSTIXx_transferred
- 18549 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 18558 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- SSA:2006-045-08 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SLACKWAREx_transferred
- 18363 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- SUSE-SR:2006:002 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- 18358 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 16184 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 19016 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 18906 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- DSA-946 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- MDKSA-2006:159 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- USN-235-2 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- 21692 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_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)
- EUVD EUVD-2006-0159 (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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