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CVE-2006-0151
sudo 1.6.8 and other versions does not clear the PYTHONINSPECT environment variable, which allows limited local users to gain privileges…
High7.2EPSS 0.61%
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- mitre
Description
sudo 1.6.8 and other versions does not clear the PYTHONINSPECT environment variable, which allows limited local users to gain privileges via a Python script, a variant of CVE-2005-4158.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.2 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.61% · top 51% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.2.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (14)
- 2006-0010 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_TRUSTIXx_transferred
- 18549 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 18558 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- SSA:2006-045-08 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SLACKWAREx_transferred
- 18363 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- SUSE-SR:2006:002 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- 18358 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 16184 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 19016 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 18906 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- DSA-946 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- MDKSA-2006:159 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- USN-235-2 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- 21692 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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