Vulnerability record · CVE-2014-9680 · published 24 April 2017

CVE-2014-9680: Sudo project sudo information exposure vulnerability

Sudo Project · Sudo

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.

3.3 CVSS 3.0 Low EPSS 0.47% · top 58.5% CWE-200 · Information exposure

3.3CVSS 3.0 base score, v2 2.1

0.47%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days

NoNot in CISA KEV

1Affected product versions listed by NVD

10References, 2 tagged exploit

17 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

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

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

Sudo Sudo Project

References

Link	Tags
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/10/15/24	ExploitMailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1409.html
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033158
http://www.sudo.ws/alerts/tz.html	Vendor Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201504-02
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/10/15/24	ExploitMailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1409.html
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033158
http://www.sudo.ws/alerts/tz.html	Vendor Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201504-02

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2014-9680), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-11-13). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.