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.
02 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.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 2.92% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 87.0% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- Low. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2012-02-01 00:00Z14 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 18:38Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2012-01-19
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-134Use of Externally-Controlled Format StringBase
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- d15c7cbed89a0301a58339053c0f23537a1b4c32eef1a454d8b727b853c4a268
05 Affected products
06 References
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-201203-06http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201203-06.xml
- archives.neohapsis.comhttp://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2012-01/att-0591/advisory_sudo.txt
- archives.neohapsis.com20120130 Advisory: sudo 1.8 Format String Vulnerabilityhttp://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2012-01/0591.html
- www.sudo.wshttp://www.sudo.ws/sudo/alerts/sudo_debug.html
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- sudo Fixed in 1.8.3p2-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- sudo Fixed in 1.8.3p2-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- sudo Fixed in 1.8.3p2-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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