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CVE-2002-0043

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2002-01-31 · updated 2026-06-16

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.

Affected products

• Todd Miller Sudo: 1.6, 1.6.1, 1.6.2, 1.6.3, 1.6.3_p1, 1.6.3_p2 (+5)

References

• http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000451
• http://frontal2.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2002:003
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=101120193627756&w=2
• http://www.debian.org/security/2002/dsa-101
• http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2002_002_sudo_txt.html
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2002-011.html
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2002-013.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/advisories/3800
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/250168
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3871
• http://www.sudo.ws/sudo/alerts/postfix.html

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