{
    "id": "CVE-2012-0809",
    "published": "2012-02-01 00:55:02",
    "last_modified": "2026-06-16 23:38:18",
    "cvss_score": "7.2",
    "cvss_severity": "HIGH",
    "cvss_version": "2.0",
    "cvss_vector": "AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C",
    "cwe": "CWE-134",
    "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.",
    "epss_score": "0.02925",
    "epss_percentile": "0.86652",
    "kev": 0,
    "kev_due": null,
    "has_exploit": 1,
    "updated_at": "2026-10-08 18:17:11",
    "priority": {
        "rank": 2,
        "label": "Patch early",
        "why": "A public exploit exists."
    },
    "products": [
        {
            "vendor": "todd_miller",
            "product": "sudo"
        }
    ],
    "kev_detail": null,
    "exploits": [
        {
            "source": "exploit-db",
            "ref_id": "25134",
            "title": "sudo 1.8.0 < 1.8.3p1 - 'sudo_debug' glibc FORTIFY_SOURCE Bypass + Privilege Escalation",
            "date": "2013-05-01",
            "url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/25134"
        },
        {
            "source": "exploit-db",
            "ref_id": "18436",
            "title": "sudo 1.8.0 < 1.8.3p1 - Format String",
            "date": "2012-01-31",
            "url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/18436"
        }
    ],
    "refs_list": [
        "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"
    ]
}