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CVE-2012-0809

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2012-0809 is a format string vulnerability in the sudo_debug function of Sudo versions 1.8.0 through 1.8.3p1, allowing local users to execute arbitrary code. With a CVSS score of 7.2, it presents a high-severity risk due to its low attack complexity and potential for complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not listed on the KEV catalog, exploit code is publicly available on ExploitDB, demonstrating its exploitability. Despite this, there is minimal community discussion or media coverage surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.8.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:todd_miller:sudo:1.8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.8.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:todd_miller:sudo:1.8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.8.1p1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:todd_miller:sudo:1.8.1p1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.8.1p2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:todd_miller:sudo:1.8.1p2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.8.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:todd_miller:sudo:1.8.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
2.99%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
85.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-25134 · May 1, 2013
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0299 is in the 95th percentile among its peer group of 3,235 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

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2012-0809Low

sudo: format string flaw in sudo_debug()

Jan 30, 2012

References

archives.neohapsis.com / archives/fulldisclosure/2012-01/0591.html
archives.neohapsis.com / archives/fulldisclosure/2012-01/att-0591/advisory_sudo.txt
Exploit
security.gentoo.org / glsa/glsa-201203-06.xml
sudo.ws / sudo/alerts/sudo_debug.html
ExploitVendor Advisory