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ubuntu-cve-2014-9680

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu

Published

2014-12-31 00:00

Modified

2025-07-16 04:50

Summary

Details

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.

Severity

3.3 (Low)


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

N/A (UNKNOWN)


                    
                      medium

References

URL

Type

	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-9680	REPORT
	http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/1…	REPORT
	http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/0…	REPORT
	http://www.sudo.ws/sudo/alerts/tz.html	REPORT
	https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2533-1	ADVISORY
	https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-9680	REPORT

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CVE-2014-9680 (GCVE-0-2014-9680)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-04-24 06:12 – Updated: 2024-08-06 13:55

Summary

Severity

No CVSS data available.

CWE

Assigner

mitre

References

5 references

URL	Tags
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201504-02	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033158	vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/10/15/24	mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
http://www.sudo.ws/alerts/tz.html	x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1409.html	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT

Date Public

2014-10-16 00:00

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usn-2533-1

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu

Published

2015-03-16 13:06

Modified

2026-02-10 04:40

Summary

sudo vulnerability

Details

Jakub Wilk and Stephane Chazelas discovered that Sudo incorrectly handled the TZ environment variable. An attacker with Sudo access could possibly use this issue to open arbitrary files, bypassing intended permissions.

References

URL

Type

	https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2533-1	ADVISORY
	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-9680	REPORT

JSON

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Sightings

Author	Source	Type	Date	Other

Nomenclature

Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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ubuntu-cve-2014-9680

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu

CVE-2014-9680 (GCVE-0-2014-9680)

usn-2533-1

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu

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