CVE-2004-1051 describes a local privilege escalation vulnerability in sudo versions prior to 1.6.8p2, affecting products like Debian, Mandrakesoft, and Ubuntu. An attacker can exploit this by manipulating environment variables to create functions with names matching programs called within bash scripts, bypassing intended execution paths. With a CVSS score of 7.2 (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C), this flaw allows an unauthenticated local user to achieve complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While the vulnerability is severe, there is no evidence of active exploitation, and no public exploit code or significant community discussion has been identified.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
8.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mandrakesoft:mandrake_multi_network_firewall:8.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.5.6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:todd_miller:sudo:1.5.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.5.7CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:todd_miller:sudo:1.5.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.5.8CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:todd_miller:sudo:1.5.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.5.9CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:todd_miller:sudo:1.5.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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