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CVE-2012-2337

25
FAUCET Score

CVE-2012-2337 describes a vulnerability in sudo versions 1.6.x and 1.7.x prior to 1.7.9p1, and 1.8.x prior to 1.8.4p5, where improper handling of netmask syntax in configurations allows local users to bypass command restrictions on hosts with IPv4 addresses. This vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 7.2, indicating high severity with local access, low attack complexity, and complete confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. While the EPSS score is low and there's no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB) is unavailable, and there is no community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.6CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:todd_miller:sudo:1.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.6.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:todd_miller:sudo:1.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.6.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:todd_miller:sudo:1.6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.6.2p3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:todd_miller:sudo:1.6.2p3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.6.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:todd_miller:sudo:1.6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

7.2HIGH

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
10.0
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.40%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
32.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0040 is in the 44th percentile among its peer group of 3,237 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.5 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: sudo-0:1.7.2p1-14.el5_8
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: sudo-0:1.7.4p5-12.el6_3
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2012-2337Moderate

sudo: Multiple netmask values used in Host / Host_List configuration cause any host to be allowed access

May 16, 2012

References

lists.fedoraproject.org / pipermail/package-announce/2012-May/081432.html
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
secunia.com / advisories/49219
secunia.com / advisories/49244
secunia.com / advisories/49291
secunia.com / advisories/49948
suse.com / security/cve/CVE-2012-2337
debian.org / security/2012/dsa-2478
mandriva.com / security/advisories
securitytracker.com / id
sudo.ws / sudo/alerts/netmask.html
Vendor Advisory