CVE-2017-1000367
Todd Miller's sudo version 1.8.20 and earlier is vulnerable to an input validation (embedded spaces) in the get_process_ttyname() function…
- 6.4MediumCVSS base score
- 8.1%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 5.2% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Todd Miller's sudo version 1.8.20 and earlier is vulnerable to an input validation (embedded spaces) in the get_process_ttyname() function resulting in information disclosure and command execution.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list an Exploit-DB entry for it. A reference of the record is tagged as an exploit.
Show the exploits2
Exploit-DB1 entry
- Sudo 1.8.20 - 'get_process_ttyname()' Local Privilege Escalation (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 42183local, linuxpublished 14 Jun 2017Not verified
References tagged exploit1 reference
- 42183 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_transferred
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Timeline
Published
- 7 years later
· 7 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | Medium6.4 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 8.1% · top 5.2% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.4.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
18
- USN-3304-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_transferred
- GLSA-201705-15 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_transferred
- 98745 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_transferred
- https://www.sudo.ws/alerts/linux_tty.html (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- 20170602 Qualys Security Advisory - CVE-2017-1000367 in Sudo's get_process_ttyname() for Linux (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_transferred
- FEDORA-2017-54580efa82 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_transferred
- RHSA-2017:1382 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_transferred
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/142783/Sudo-get_process_ttyname-Race-Condition.html (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- SUSE-SU-2017:1446 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_transferred
- SUSE-SU-2017:1450 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_transferred
- DSA-3867 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2017:1455 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_transferred
- 42183 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20170530 Qualys Security Advisory - CVE-2017-1000367 in Sudo's get_process_ttyname() for Linux (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_transferred
- RHSA-2017:1381 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_transferred
- 1038582 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20221222 Re: [Linux] /proc/pid/stat parsing bugs (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20221222 Re: [Linux] /proc/pid/stat parsing bugs (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2017-1526 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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