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Vulnerability details: VCID-49cf-c1kh-27cf
Vulnerability ID VCID-49cf-c1kh-27cf
Aliases CVE-2012-0809
Summary Two vulnerabilities have been discovered in sudo, allowing local attackers to possibly gain escalated privileges.
Status Published
Exploitability 2.0
Weighted Severity 0.4
Risk 0.8
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (2)
CWE-134 Use of Externally-Controlled Format String
CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
System Score Found at
epss 0.45602 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2012-0809
epss 0.45602 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2012-0809
epss 0.45602 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2012-0809
epss 0.45602 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2012-0809
epss 0.45602 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2012-0809
epss 0.45602 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2012-0809
epss 0.45602 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2012-0809
epss 0.45602 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2012-0809
epss 0.45602 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2012-0809
epss 0.45602 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2012-0809
epss 0.45602 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2012-0809
epss 0.45602 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2012-0809
Reference id Reference type URL
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2012-0809.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2012-0809
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-0809
657985 https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=657985
784443 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=784443
CVE-2012-0809;OSVDB-78659 Exploit http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2012/Jan/att-590/advisory_sudo.txt
CVE-2012-0809;OSVDB-78659 Exploit https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/linux/local/25134.c
GLSA-201203-06 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201203-06
OSVDB-78659;CVE-2012-0809 Exploit https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/linux/dos/18436.txt
Data source Exploit-DB
Date added May 1, 2013
Description sudo 1.8.0 < 1.8.3p1 - 'sudo_debug' glibc FORTIFY_SOURCE Bypass + Privilege Escalation
Ransomware campaign use Known
Source publication date May 1, 2013
Exploit type local
Platform linux
Source update date June 21, 2017
Source URL http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2012/Jan/att-590/advisory_sudo.txt
There are no known vectors.
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.97591
EPSS Score 0.45602
Published At April 1, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-04-01T13:11:47.076012+00:00 Gentoo Importer Import https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201203-06 38.0.0