CVE-2006-0151 Privilege escalation in n/a
Local attackers can escalate privileges by exploiting the uncleared PYTHONINSPECT environment variable in sudo.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2006-0151?
CVE-2006-0151 is a high-severity vulnerability in Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux, published on 9 Jan 2006. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official 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.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2006-0151?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Todd Miller Sudo, Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux.
How do I fix CVE-2006-0151?
Apply the vendor's patch.
Is CVE-2006-0151 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2006-0151 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2006-0151, GHSA-7vx7-4r5w-mwxw.