Vulnerability Report

CVE-2012-0809

RCE

Title: Todd Miller Sudo RCE

RCE

Proof Of Concept

PoC Available for CVE-2012-0809

CWE Category CWE-134

Published Date Feb 01, 2012

Modified Date Jun 16, 2026

Exploit Status Available

Score 7.2 CVSS v2.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

2.99%

Vulnerability Summary

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 format string sequences in the program name for sudo.

Impacted Vendors

todd_miller 1

gratisoft 1

Reference Links

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

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity HIGH

7.2

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

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

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2012-0809 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

Exploit-DB https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/18436

View Code

Exploit-DB https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/25134

View Code

June 16, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

April 29, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

April 11, 2025 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

February 01, 2012 PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector N/A

Complexity N/A

Privileges N/A

Interaction NONE

CVSS Vector String


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

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.