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CVE-2014-9680

sudo before 1.8.12 does not ensure that the TZ environment variable is associated with a zoneinfo file, which allows local users to open arbitrary files for read access (but not view file contents) by running a program within an sudo session, as demonstrated by interfering with terminal output, discarding kernel-log messages, or repositioning tape drives.

Published

2017-04-24T06:59:00.353

Last Modified

2025-04-20T01:37:25.860

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.0: 3.3 (LOW)

CVSSv2 Vector

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

Access Vector: LOCAL
Access Complexity: LOW
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: PARTIAL
Integrity Impact: NONE
Availability Impact: NONE

Exploitability Score

3.9

Impact Score

2.9

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-200

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	sudo_project	sudo	≤ 1.8.11	Yes

References

http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/10/15/24 Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1409.html ([email protected])
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033158 ([email protected])
http://www.sudo.ws/alerts/tz.html Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201504-02 ([email protected])
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/10/15/24 Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1409.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033158 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.sudo.ws/alerts/tz.html Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201504-02 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)