CyberRota Analysis
This is a low severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 3.3. See the original NVD description below for full technical details.
CVE
CVE-2014-9680
Severity
LOW
CVSS
3.3
EPSS
0.47%
Original NVD Description
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.
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