CVE-2014-10070

zsh: privilege escalation via environment variables

Published Feb 27, 2018 CVSS 3.0 · 7.8 High EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
zsh before 5.0.7 allows evaluation of the initial values of integer variables imported from the environment (instead of treating them as literal numbers). That could allow local privilege escalation, under some specific and atypical conditions where zsh is being invoked in privilege-elevation contexts when the environment has not been properly sanitized, such as when zsh is invoked by sudo on systems where "env_reset" has been disabled.

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-1304-1 zsh security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2014-1137 zsh before 5.0.7 allows evaluation of the initial values of integer variables imported from the environment (instead of treating them as literal numbers). That could allow local privilege escalation, under some specific and atypical conditions where zsh is being invoked in privilege-elevation contexts when the environment has not been properly sanitized, such as when zsh is invoked by sudo on systems where "env_reset" has been disabled.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3593-1 Zsh vulnerabilities
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 6, 2024, 2:02 PM
Reserved
Feb 27, 2018, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Feb 27, 2018, 10:29 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 12:04 AM
Severity
Low
Public date
Feb 26, 2018, 12:00 AM