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CVE-2014-9680

N/A

Published: April 24, 2017 at 06:12 AM UTC

Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:18 AM UTC

1 product affected across 1 vendorSudo

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Severity

N/A

Exploit prediction

EPSS 0.5%

Description

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.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Sudo · Sudo Project

95%

v ≤ 1.8.11p2

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

Patch and advisory references

References (5)

Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTExploitThird Party Advisory

Source: [email protected]

http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/10/15/24

Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT

Source: [email protected]

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1409.html

VDB Entryx_refsource_SECTRACK

Source: [email protected]

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033158

x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory

Source: [email protected]

http://www.sudo.ws/alerts/tz.html

Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO

Source: [email protected]

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201504-02

CVSS

2.1LOW[email protected]

Confidentiality: PARTIAL
Integrity: NONE
Availability: NONE

Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED

CWE

CWE-200

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