CVE-2005-2959
"sudo Bash Privilege Escalation"
Description
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.
INFO
Published Date :
Oct. 25, 2005, 4:02 p.m.
Last Modified :
April 3, 2025, 1:03 a.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
No
Impact Score :
6.4
Exploitability Score :
3.9
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CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Nov. 21, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305214 Added Reference http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/Mar/msg00002.html Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/17318 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/17322 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/17345 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/17390 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/17666 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/18549 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/24479 Added Reference http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-870 Added Reference http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:201 Added Reference http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_02_sr.html Added Reference http://www.openpkg.org/security/OpenPKG-SA-2006.002-sudo.html Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/advisories/9643 Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15191 Added Reference http://www.sudo.ws/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=182 Added Reference http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-072A.html Added Reference http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0930 Added Reference https://usn.ubuntu.com/213-1/ -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Oct. 03, 2018
Action Type Old Value New Value Removed Reference http://www.ubuntulinux.org/support/documentation/usn/usn-213-1 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference https://usn.ubuntu.com/213-1/ [No Types Assigned] -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Oct. 25, 2005
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-2005-2959 is
associated with the following CWEs:
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification
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stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and
approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2005-2959
weaknesses.
Exploit Prediction
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.
0.10 }} -0.00%
score
0.24355
percentile