CVE-2014-9680
sudo before 1.8.12 does not ensure that the TZ environment variable is associated with a zoneinfo file, which allows local users to open arbitrary files for read access (but not view file contents) by
02 Description
sudo before 1.8.12 does not ensure that the TZ environment variable is associated with a zoneinfo file, which allows local users to open arbitrary files for read access (but not view file contents) by
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
- 0.47% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 40.6% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 3.3 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- Moderate. 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
- 2017-04-24 06:12Z9 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 13:55Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2015-02-12
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 9517aa010ac50660b6cdb3c8fcffd463236477d16ff688a21e21d4ed41b611a6
05 Affected products
06 References
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-201504-02https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201504-02
- www.securitytracker.com1033158http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033158
- openwall.com[oss-security] 20141016 Abusing TZ for fun (and little profit)http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/10/15/24
- www.sudo.wshttp://www.sudo.ws/alerts/tz.html
- rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2015:1409http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1409.html
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- sudo Fixed in 1.8.12-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- sudo Fixed in 1.8.12-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- sudo Fixed in 1.8.12-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- sudo Fixed in 1.8.9p5-1ubuntu1.1
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.