CVE-2002-0184
HIGH
7.8
CVSS Score
Published: April 2, 2003 at 05:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 09:56 PM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsDebian LinuxSudo
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Severity
HIGH7.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 1%
Description
Sudo before 1.6.6 contains an off-by-one error that can result in a heap-based buffer overflow that may allow local users to gain root privileges via special characters in the -p (prompt) argument, which are not properly expanded.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Debian Linux· Debiandrupal
95%v < 1.6.6
Affected range stops below 1.6.6, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (14)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_CONECTIVABroken LinkThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000475Mailing Listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
Source: [email protected]
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=101974610509912&w=2Mailing Listx_refsource_BUGTRAQPatch
Source: [email protected]
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=101975443619600&w=2Mailing Listx_refsource_BUGTRAQPatch
Source: [email protected]
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=101979472822196&w=2Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_TRUSTIXMailing Listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
Source: [email protected]
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=102010164413135&w=2Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANBroken LinkThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.debian.org/security/2002/dsa-128VDB Entryx_refsource_XFBroken Link
Source: [email protected]
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/8936.phpThird Party Advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNUS Government Resource
Source: [email protected]
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/820083CVSS
- Attack Vector
- LOCAL
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- LOW
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- HIGH
- Integrity
- HIGH
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-131
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