CVE-2002-0043 — HIGH severity vulnerability (sudo 1.6.0 through 1.6.3p7 does not properly clear the envir)
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.
| CVE ID | CVE-2002-0043 |
|---|---|
| Severity | HIGH |
| CVSS score | 7.2 |
| CVSS vector | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
| CWE | NVD-CWE-Other |
| Status | Modified |
| Published | 2002-01-31 |
| Last modified | 2026-04-16 |
| Description | 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. |
| Source | NIST National Vulnerability Database |
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