CVE-2012-2053 (GCVE-0-2012-2053)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2012-04-04 10:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 19:17
VLAI
Summary
The sudoers file in the Linux system configuration in F5 FirePass 6.0.0 through 6.1.0 and 7.0.0 does not require a password for executing commands as root, which allows local users to gain privileges via the sudo program, as demonstrated by the user account that executes PHP scripts, a different vulnerability than CVE-2012-1777.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
mitre CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard E 28/100 over 2310 records in the last 180 days details
References
Date Public
2012-03-28 00:00
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