CVE-2012-0809 EXPLOIT
7.2
HIGH · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 2.9% (pctl 87)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
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.
Scoring
| CVSS | 7.2 (HIGH, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
| EPSS | 2.93% — more likely to be exploited than 87% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-134 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2012-02-01 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| todd miller | sudo |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | sudo 1.8.0 < 1.8.3p1 - 'sudo_debug' glibc FORTIFY_SOURCE Bypass + Privilege Escalation | 2013-05-01 |
| exploit-db | sudo 1.8.0 < 1.8.3p1 - Format String | 2012-01-31 |
References
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2012-01/0591.html
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2012-01/att-0591/advisory_sudo.txt
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201203-06.xml
- http://www.sudo.ws/sudo/alerts/sudo_debug.html
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2012-01/0591.html
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2012-01/att-0591/advisory_sudo.txt
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201203-06.xml
- http://www.sudo.ws/sudo/alerts/sudo_debug.html
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