CVE-2002-0043

highpriority · track · 39EPSS 0.009 · 60 %ileexploit · functionalEURUUS

grimoire priorityP1 · Urgent

Exploitable?

Public exploit

1 exploit · functional

Likely / severe?

0.93% (60th) EPSS

CVSS 7.2 · high

Is it mine?

15 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

3 sources

enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

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.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

7.2

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 6.5–7.2

v2.07.2highAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:Cprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.9 · impact 10

v2.07.2highAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:Csecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU

v2.06.5mediumAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C/E:POCsecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-20USLLM-inferredCWE-269USLLM-inferred

exploits (1)

Public proof-of-concept and weaponised exploit code.

EDB-21227Sudo 1.6.3 - Unclean Environment Variable Privilege Escalationfunctional · exploit_db

affected products (15)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

n/a n/a≤ n/aenisa_euvdEU
Red Hat Inc. Red Hat Enterprise Linux≤ 7fstec_bduRU
Red Hat Inc. Red Hat Enterprise Linux≤ 7.2fstec_bduRU
Red Hat Inc. Red Hat Enterprise Linux≤ 7.1fstec_bduRU
todd miller sudo= 1.6nvdUScpe:2.3:a:todd_miller:sudo:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
todd miller sudo= 1.6.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:todd_miller:sudo:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
todd miller sudo= 1.6.2nvdUScpe:2.3:a:todd_miller:sudo:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
todd miller sudo= 1.6.3nvdUScpe:2.3:a:todd_miller:sudo:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
todd miller sudo= 1.6.3_p1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:todd_miller:sudo:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
todd miller sudo= 1.6.3_p2nvdUScpe:2.3:a:todd_miller:sudo:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
todd miller sudo= 1.6.3_p3nvdUScpe:2.3:a:todd_miller:sudo:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
todd miller sudo= 1.6.3_p4nvdUScpe:2.3:a:todd_miller:sudo:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
todd miller sudo= 1.6.3_p5nvdUScpe:2.3:a:todd_miller:sudo:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
todd miller sudo= 1.6.3_p6nvdUScpe:2.3:a:todd_miller:sudo:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
todd miller sudo= 1.6.3_p7nvdUScpe:2.3:a:todd_miller:sudo:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

also known as (4)

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sources

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enisa_euvd fstec_bdu nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2002-01-31modified 2026-06-16

references (24)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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