CVE-2002-0184

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.

CVSS v3.1

7.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v2.0

7.2 HIGHAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

EPSS

1.20% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 66th percentile

Published

2003-04-02

Updated

2024-08-08

ExploitDB entries (1)

• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/21420

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry

Related

• CVE-2002-0177
• CVE-2002-0186
• CVE-2002-0163
• CVE-2002-0187
• CVE-2002-0162
• CVE-2002-0189