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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…
High7.2EPSS 2.9%
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- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- redhat
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.2 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.9% · top 13% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.2.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (4)
- GLSA-201203-06 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2012-01/att-0591/advisory_sudo.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 20120130 Advisory: sudo 1.8 Format String Vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
- http://www.sudo.ws/sudo/alerts/sudo_debug.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
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- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
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- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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