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CVE-2012-0809 Details

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2012-01/0591.html CVE
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2012-01/att-0591/advisory_sudo.txt CVEExploit
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201203-06.xml CVE
http://www.sudo.ws/sudo/alerts/sudo_debug.html CVEExploitVendor Advisory
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2012-01/0591.html [email protected]

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-134Use of Externally-Controlled Format String[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
todd miller sudo
1.8.0
1.8.1
1.8.1p1
1.8.1p2
1.8.2

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:todd_miller:sudo:1.8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:todd_miller:sudo:1.8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:todd_miller:sudo:1.8.1p1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:todd_miller:sudo:1.8.1p2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:todd_miller:sudo:1.8.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:todd_miller:sudo:1.8.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:todd_miller:sudo:1.8.3p1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

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QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2012-0809
NVD Published Date:
Feb 1, 2012
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 16, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2012-0809 Details - Not Deferred