CVE-2010-0427

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Summary

CVECVE-2010-0427
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2010-02-25 19:30:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
Descriptionsudo 1.6.x before 1.6.9p21, when the runas_default option is used, does not properly set group memberships, which allows local users to gain privileges via a sudo command.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 4.4 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-264 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

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

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

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 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 1.6.6 All All All
Application Todd Miller Sudo 1.6.7 All All All
Application Todd Miller Sudo 1.6.7_p5 All All All
Application Todd Miller Sudo 1.6.8 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_p5 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

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- sudo: Privilege escalation af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.gentoo.org
[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
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
ftp.sudo.ws/pub/sudo/sudo-1.6.9p21.patch.gz af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 ftp.sudo.ws Patch
404 Not Found af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.sudo.ws
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-2006-1 sudo af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org
Sudo Main Page af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.gratisoft.us
Bug 567622 – CVE-2010-0427 sudo: Fails to reset group permissions if runas_default set af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com
oss-security - Re: CVE assignment notification -- CVE-2010-0427 -- sudo fails to reset group permissions if runas_default set af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
sudo: aa0b6c01c462 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 sudo.ws
Ubuntu update for sudo - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
oss-security - CVE assignment notification -- CVE-2010-0427 -- sudo fails to reset group permissions if runas_default set af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
Sudo Main Page af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.gratisoft.us Exploit
SUSE Update for Multiple Packages - Advisories - Community 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
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 packages as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 and 4.
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