CVE-2004-1051 bash scripts run via Sudo can be subverted (CVE-2005-4158, CVE-2006-0151)
Published Nov 18, 2004
7.2
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 1.37%
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.
Affected products
No data.
Configuration 1
- 8.2
- 1.5.6
- 1.5.7
- 1.5.8
- 1.5.9
- 1.6
- 1.6.1
- 1.6.2
- 1.6.3
- 1.6.3_p1
- 1.6.3_p2
- 1.6.3_p3
- 1.6.3_p4
- 1.6.3_p5
- 1.6.3_p6
- 1.6.3_p7
- 1.6.4
- 1.6.4_p1
- 1.6.4_p2
- 1.6.5
- 1.6.5_p1
- 1.6.5_p2
- 1.6.6
- 1.6.7
- 1.6.8
- 1.6.8_p1
Configuration 2
- 3.0
- 3.0
- 3.0
- 3.0
- 3.0
- 3.0
- 3.0
- 3.0
- 3.0
- 3.0
- 3.0
- 9.2
- 9.2
- 10.0
- 10.0
- 10.1
- 10.1
- 2.1
- 2.1
- 1.5
- 2.0
- 2.1
- 2.2
- 4.1
- 4.1
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
Red Hat statement
We do not consider this to be a security issue: http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=139478#c1
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (10 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 1.37% (0.01374) | 71.01th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 1.37% (0.01374) | 68.35th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.15% (0.00147) | 32.56th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.06% (0.00060) | 27.52th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 1, 2024 | 0.06% (0.00060) | 25.34th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.06% (0.00060) | 23.34th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.28% (0.01282) | 68.34th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 22, 2023 | 1.28% (0.01282) | 68.05th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.28% (0.01282) | 65.91th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.28% (0.01282) | 41.72th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
No CWE recorded.
References (14)
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2005/May/msg00001.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLE
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110028877431192&w=2 mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110598298225675&w=2 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_OPENPKG
- http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-596 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2004:133 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRAKE
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11668 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDPatchVendor Advisory
- http://www.sudo.ws/sudo/alerts/bash_functions.html x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.trustix.org/errata/2004/0061/ vendor-advisoryx_refsource_TRUSTIX
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2004-1051 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=139478 Issue Tracking
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/18055 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2004-1051
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2004-1051
- https://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-28-1/ vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
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