CVE-2002-0184

high

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.

References

http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/820083

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=102010164413135&w=2

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=101979472822196&w=2

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=101975443619600&w=2

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=101974610509912&w=2

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2002-05-16

Updated: 2024-11-20

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.2

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.8

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