{ "CVE_data_meta": { "ASSIGNER": "cve@mitre.org", "ID": "CVE-2014-9680", "STATE": "PUBLIC" }, "affects": { "vendor": { "vendor_data": [ { "product": { "product_data": [ { "product_name": "n/a", "version": { "version_data": [ { "version_value": "n/a" } ] } } ] }, "vendor_name": "n/a" } ] } }, "data_format": "MITRE", "data_type": "CVE", "data_version": "4.0", "description": { "description_data": [ { "lang": "eng", "value": "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." } ] }, "problemtype": { "problemtype_data": [ { "description": [ { "lang": "eng", "value": "n/a" } ] } ] }, "references": { "reference_data": [ { "name": "GLSA-201504-02", "refsource": "GENTOO", "url": "https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201504-02" }, { "name": "1033158", "refsource": "SECTRACK", "url": "http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033158" }, { "name": "[oss-security] 20141016 Abusing TZ for fun (and little profit)", "refsource": "MLIST", "url": "http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/10/15/24" }, { "name": "http://www.sudo.ws/alerts/tz.html", "refsource": "CONFIRM", "url": "http://www.sudo.ws/alerts/tz.html" }, { "name": "RHSA-2015:1409", "refsource": "REDHAT", "url": "http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1409.html" } ] } }