CVE-2012-0809

Summary

CVECVE-2012-0809
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2012-02-01 00:55:00 UTC
Updated2018-01-05 02:29:00 UTC
DescriptionFormat 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-134

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Todd Miller Sudo 1.8.0 All All All
Application Todd Miller Sudo 1.8.1 All All All
Application Todd Miller Sudo 1.8.1p1 All All All
Application Todd Miller Sudo 1.8.1p2 All All All
Application Todd Miller Sudo 1.8.2 All All All
Application Todd Miller Sudo 1.8.3 All All All
Application Todd Miller Sudo 1.8.3p1 All All All
Application Todd Miller Sudo 1.8.0 All All All
Application Todd Miller Sudo 1.8.1 All All All
Application Todd Miller Sudo 1.8.1p1 All All All
Application Todd Miller Sudo 1.8.1p2 All All All
Application Todd Miller Sudo 1.8.2 All All All
Application Todd Miller Sudo 1.8.3 All All All
Application Todd Miller Sudo 1.8.3p1 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- sudo: Privilege escalation GENTOO security.gentoo.org
NEOHAPSIS - Peace of Mind Through Integrity and Insight FULLDISC archives.neohapsis.com
Sudo format string vulnerability CONFIRM www.sudo.ws Exploit, Vendor Advisory
archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2012-01/att-0591/advisory_sudo.txt MISC archives.neohapsis.com Exploit
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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