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Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2012-0809

Original release date:02/01/2012

Last revised:02/01/2012

Source: US-CERT/NIST

Overview

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.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

CVSS v2 Base Score:7.2 (HIGH) (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C) (legend)

Impact Subscore: 10.0

Exploitability Subscore: 3.9

CVSS Version 2 Metrics:

Access Vector: Locally exploitable

Access Complexity: Low

Authentication: Not required to exploit

Impact Type:Provides administrator access, Allows complete confidentiality, integrity, and availability violation; Allows unauthorized disclosure of information; Allows disruption of service

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External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://www.sudo.ws/sudo/alerts/sudo_debug.html

Type: Advisory; Exploit

Hyperlink:http://www.sudo.ws/sudo/alerts/sudo_debug.html

External Source: MISC

Name: http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2012-01/att-0591/advisory_sudo.txt

Hyperlink:http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2012-01/att-0591/advisory_sudo.txt

External Source: FULLDISC

Name: 20120130 Advisory: sudo 1.8 Format String Vulnerability

Hyperlink:http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2012-01/0591.html