CVE-2004-1051 Privilege escalation in n/a

What is CVE-2004-1051?

CVE-2004-1051 is a high-severity vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 18 Nov 2004. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

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.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2004-1051?

It affects 7 products.

Products include Debian Debian Linux, Mandrakesoft Mandrake Linux, Mandrakesoft Mandrake Linux Corporate Server, Mandrakesoft Mandrake Multi Network Firewall, Todd Miller Sudo, Trustix Secure Linux and 1 more.

How do I fix CVE-2004-1051?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2004-1051 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2004-1051 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2004-1051, DSA-596-2, GHSA-792w-v225-x939.