CVE-2005-2959

4.6
CVSS v2.0 Base Score
0.62%
LOW RiskEPSS (48th percentile)

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.

Published: 10/25/2005
Modified: 6/16/2026
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Vulnerability Summary

CVSS v2 Score

4.6

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

EPSS Score (Exploitation Probability)

0.62%LOW Exploitation Risk
48th percentile

This vulnerability has a 0.62% probability of being exploited in the next 30 days, ranking higher than 48% of all scored CVEs.

CWE Classification

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