High severity · published Jan 26, 2021
CVE-2021-3156
Sudo Heap-Based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
In wildKEV
7.8
CVSS
100%
EPSS
Yes
On KEV
Description
Sudo before 1.9.5p2 contains an off-by-one error that can result in a heap-based buffer overflow, which allows privilege escalation to root via "sudoedit -s" and a command-line argument that ends with a single backslash character.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)100.0% · higher than 100% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildYes
CISA KEVListed Apr 6, 2022
Federal remediation dueApr 27, 2022
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
AI
Active IQ Unified Manager · Netapp
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
CB
Cloud Backup · Netapp
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
CP
Communications Performance Intelligence Center · Oracle
10.3.0.0.0 through 10.3.0.2.1; 10.4.0.1.0 through 10.4.0.3.1 · source: NVD
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
9.0; 10.0 · source: NVD
FE
Fedora · Fedoraproject
32; 33 · source: NVD
HM
Hci Management Node · Netapp
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
ME
Micros Es400 Firmware · Oracle
400 through 410 · source: NVD