VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2012-0809
Format string vulnerability in the sudo_debug function in Sudo 1.8.0 through 1.8.3p1 allows local users to execute arbitrary code via format string sequences in the program name for sudo.
HIGH 7.2EPSS 2.99%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (2.99%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Format string vulnerability in the sudo_debug function in Sudo 1.8.0 through 1.8.3p1 allows local users to execute arbitrary code via format string sequences in the program name for sudo.
- CVSS 2.0
- 7.2 HIGHAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 2.99% probability · 87th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-134
- Affected
- todd miller/sudo
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
References
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2012-01/0591.html
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2012-01/att-0591/advisory_sudo.txtExploit
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201203-06.xml
- http://www.sudo.ws/sudo/alerts/sudo_debug.htmlExploit, Vendor Advisory
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2012-01/0591.html
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2012-01/att-0591/advisory_sudo.txtExploit
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201203-06.xml
- http://www.sudo.ws/sudo/alerts/sudo_debug.htmlExploit, Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.