CVE-2010-0426

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Summary

CVECVE-2010-0426
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2010-02-24 18:30:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
Descriptionsudo 1.6.x before 1.6.9p21 and 1.7.x before 1.7.2p4, when a pseudo-command is enabled, permits a match between the name of the pseudo-command and the name of an executable file in an arbitrary directory, which allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted executable file, as demonstrated by a file named sudoedit in a user's home directory.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 6.9 from [email protected]

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Problem Types: CWE-264 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Todd Miller Sudo 1.6 All All All
Application Todd Miller Sudo 1.6.1 All All All
Application Todd Miller Sudo 1.6.2 All All All
Application Todd Miller Sudo 1.6.3 All All All
Application Todd Miller Sudo 1.6.3_p1 All All All
Application Todd Miller Sudo 1.6.3_p2 All All All
Application Todd Miller Sudo 1.6.3_p3 All All All
Application Todd Miller Sudo 1.6.3_p4 All All All
Application Todd Miller Sudo 1.6.3_p5 All All All
Application Todd Miller Sudo 1.6.3_p6 All All All
Application Todd Miller Sudo 1.6.3_p7 All All All
Application Todd Miller Sudo 1.6.4_p1 All All All
Application Todd Miller Sudo 1.6.4_p2 All All All
Application Todd Miller Sudo 1.6.5_p1 All All All
Application Todd Miller Sudo 1.6.5_p2 All All All
Application Todd Miller Sudo 1.6.7_p5 All All All
Application Todd Miller Sudo 1.6.8_p1 All All All
Application Todd Miller Sudo 1.6.8_p12 All All All
Application Todd Miller Sudo 1.6.8_p2 All All All
Application Todd Miller Sudo 1.6.8_p5 All All All
Application Todd Miller Sudo 1.6.8_p7 All All All
Application Todd Miller Sudo 1.6.8_p8 All All All
Application Todd Miller Sudo 1.6.8_p9 All All All
Application Todd Miller Sudo 1.6.9_p17 All All All
Application Todd Miller Sudo 1.6.9_p18 All All All
Application Todd Miller Sudo 1.6.9_p19 All All All
Application Todd Miller Sudo 1.7.0 All All All
Application Todd Miller Sudo 1.7.1 All All All
Application Todd Miller Sudo 1.7.2 All All All
Application Todd Miller Sudo 1.7.2p1 All All All
Application Todd Miller Sudo 1.7.2p2 All All All
Application Todd Miller Sudo 1.7.2p3 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- sudo: Privilege escalation af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.gentoo.org
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2010:049 | Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
sudo: f86e1b56d074 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 sudo.ws
sudo: 88f3181692fe af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 sudo.ws
sudo Privilege Escalation Security Issues - Advisories - Community af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
[security-announce] SUSE Security Summary Report: SUSE-SR:2010:006 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
SecurityTracker.com Archives - Sudo sudoedit and 'runas_default' Flaws Let Local Users Gain Elevated Privileges af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securitytracker.com
The Slackware Linux Project: Slackware Security Advisories af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 slackware.com
Debian update for sudo - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Gentoo update for sudo - Advisories - Community af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 12 Update: sudo-1.7.2p6-1.fc12 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
ftp.sudo.ws/pub/sudo/sudo-1.6.9p21.patch.gz af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 ftp.sudo.ws Patch
Sudo Stable Release af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.sudo.ws Patch
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-2006-1 sudo af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
Bug 389 – sudoedit permission in sudoers grants permission to any sudoedit executables af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 sudo.ws
[SECURITY] Fedora 11 Update: sudo-1.7.2p6-1.fc11 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
The use of sudoedit command question af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.linuxquestions.org
Todd Miller Sudo 'sudoedit' Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Patch
Ubuntu update for sudo - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
#570737 - sudoedit permission in sudoers grants permission to any sudoedit executables - Debian Bug report logs af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.debian.org
SUSE Update for Multiple Packages - Advisories - Community af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Webmail - OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
Slackware update for sudo - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2010-0075 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 wiki.rpath.com
USN-905-1: sudo vulnerabilities | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com Vendor Advisory
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Vendor Comments And Credit

OrganizationPublishedContributorStatement
Red Hat2010-03-02Tomas HogerThis issue was addressed in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 via: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0122.html It did not affect the versions of the sudo package as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 and 4.
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