CVE-2004-1051

Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2005-03-01 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

sudo before 1.6.8p2 allows local users to execute arbitrary commands by using "()" style environment variables to create functions that have the same name as any program within the bash script that is called without using the program's full pathname.

Affected products

Debian Linux: 3.0
Mandrakesoft Mandrake Linux: 9.2, 10.0, 10.1
Mandrakesoft Mandrake Linux Corporate Server: 2.1
Mandrakesoft Mandrake Multi Network Firewall: 8.2
Todd Miller Sudo: 1.5.6, 1.5.7, 1.5.8, 1.5.9, 1.6, 1.6.1 (+19)
Trustix Secure Linux: 1.5, 2.0, 2.1, 2.2
Ubuntu Linux: 4.1

References

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2005/May/msg00001.html
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110028877431192&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110598298225675&w=2
http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-596
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2004:133
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11668
http://www.sudo.ws/sudo/alerts/bash_functions.html
http://www.trustix.org/errata/2004/0061/
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/18055
https://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-28-1/
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2005/May/msg00001.html
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110028877431192&w=2

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