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CVE-2012-0809

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-134 Format String Vulnerability
Publication date:
01/02/2012
Last modified:
11/04/2025

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.

Impact

Vector 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 7.20 HIGH
Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): Complete
Integrity (I): Complete
Availability (A): Complete

Base Score 2.0
7.20
Severity 2.0
HIGH

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:todd_miller:sudo:1.8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:todd_miller:sudo:1.8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:todd_miller:sudo:1.8.1p1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:todd_miller:sudo:1.8.1p2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:todd_miller:sudo:1.8.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:todd_miller:sudo:1.8.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:todd_miller:sudo:1.8.3p1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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