CVE-2012-0809

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Summary

CVECVE-2012-0809
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2012-02-01 00:55:02 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 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

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.2 from [email protected]

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Problem Types: CWE-134 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

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

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- sudo: Privilege escalation af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org
NEOHAPSIS - Peace of Mind Through Integrity and Insight af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 archives.neohapsis.com
Sudo format string vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.sudo.ws Exploit, Vendor Advisory
archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2012-01/att-0591/advisory_sudo.txt af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 archives.neohapsis.com Exploit
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