CVE-2005-2959

MEDIUM · CVSS 4.6 EPSS 0.62%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2005-10-25 · Last synced 2026-08-04

Field Assessment

AI analysis pending.

CVE

CVE-2005-2959

Severity

MEDIUM

CVSS

4.6

EPSS

0.62%

Original Filing — NVD Description

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.