CVE-2002-0043
OpenSSH sudo Environment Variable Privilege Escalation
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.
INFO
Published Date :
Jan. 31, 2002, 5 a.m.
Last Modified :
April 3, 2025, 1:03 a.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
No
Impact Score :
10.0
Exploitability Score :
3.9
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github
CVE-2002-0043 has a 1 public PoC/Exploit available at Github.
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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
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Bug History
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The following table lists the changes that have been made to the
CVE-2002-0043 vulnerability over time.
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CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Nov. 20, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SN-02%3A06.asc Added Reference http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000451 Added Reference http://frontal2.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2002:003 Added Reference http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=101120193627756&w=2 Added Reference http://www.debian.org/security/2002/dsa-101 Added Reference http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2002_002_sudo_txt.html Added Reference http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2002-011.html Added Reference http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2002-013.html Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/advisories/3800 Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/250168 Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3871 Added Reference http://www.sudo.ws/sudo/alerts/postfix.html Added Reference https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7891 -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 03, 2018
Action Type Old Value New Value Removed Reference http://xforce.iss.net/static/7891.php [No Types Assigned] Added Reference https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7891 [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Oct. 18, 2016
Action Type Old Value New Value Removed Reference http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=bugtraq&m=101120193627756&w=2 Added Reference http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=101120193627756&w=2 -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Jan. 01, 2004
Action Type Old Value New Value
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
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specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or
weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2002-0043 is
associated with the following CWEs:
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification
(CAPEC)
stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and
approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2002-0043
weaknesses.
Exploit Prediction
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.
0.19 }} -0.16%
score
0.38299
percentile