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.
Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2004-1049 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.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-08T00:39:00.761Z

Reserved: 2004-11-17T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2004-1051

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2005-03-01T05:00:00.000

Modified: 2025-04-03T01:03:51.193

Link: CVE-2004-1051

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2004-11-11T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2004-1051 - Bugzilla

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