CVE-2017-1000367

Sudo vulnerability

CVSS

6.4

EPSS

8.0%

EPSS pct

94th

Exploited

No known

Todd Miller's sudo version 1.8.20 and earlier is vulnerable to an input validation (embedded spaces) in the get_process_ttyname() function resulting in information disclosure and command execution.

Affected vendor

Sudo Project

Affected product

Sudo

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness type (CWE)

CWE-362 — Race Condition

Published

2017-06-05

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable with local access, high attack complexity, requiring high privileges, no user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to high impact to confidentiality, high impact to integrity, high impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 8.0% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 94% of all scored CVEs.

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