CVE-2005-2959

mediumpriority · track · 18EPSS 0.006 · 50 %ileEUUS

grimoire priorityP3 · Track

Exploitable?

—

no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

0.62% (50th) EPSS

CVSS 4.6 · medium

Is it mine?

33 products

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Who says so?

2 sources

enisa_euvd · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-28

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.

cvss

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

4.6

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · low–medium · 3.9–4.6

v2.04.6mediumAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:Pprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.9 · impact 6.4

v2.03.9lowAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-264USprimary

affected products (33)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

n/a n/a≤ n/aenisa_euvdEU
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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
todd miller sudo= 1.6.3p1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:todd_miller:sudo:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
todd miller sudo= 1.6.3p2nvdUScpe:2.3:a:todd_miller:sudo:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
todd miller sudo= 1.6.3p3nvdUScpe:2.3:a:todd_miller:sudo:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
todd miller sudo= 1.6.3p4nvdUScpe:2.3:a:todd_miller:sudo:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
todd miller sudo= 1.6.3p5nvdUScpe:2.3:a:todd_miller:sudo:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
todd miller sudo= 1.6.3p6nvdUScpe:2.3:a:todd_miller:sudo:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
todd miller sudo= 1.6.3p7nvdUScpe:2.3:a:todd_miller:sudo:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
todd miller sudo= 1.6.4nvdUScpe:2.3:a:todd_miller:sudo:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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sources

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enisa_euvd nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2005-10-25modified 2026-06-16

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references (38)

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