CVE-2010-1163

Summary

CVECVE-2010-1163
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2010-04-16 19:30:00 UTC
Updated2018-10-10 19:55:00 UTC
DescriptionThe command matching functionality in sudo 1.6.8 through 1.7.2p5 does not properly handle when a file in the current working directory has the same name as a pseudo-command in the sudoers file and the PATH contains an entry for ".", which allows local users to execute arbitrary commands via a Trojan horse executable, as demonstrated using sudoedit, a different vulnerability than CVE-2010-0426.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-20

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Todd Miller Sudo 1.6.8 All All All
Application Todd Miller Sudo 1.6.8p7 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 1.6.9_p20 All All All
Application Todd Miller Sudo 1.6.9_p21 All All All
Application Todd Miller Sudo 1.6.9_p22 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 1.7.2p1 All All All
Application Todd Miller Sudo 1.7.2p2 All All All
Application Todd Miller Sudo 1.7.2p3 All All All
Application Todd Miller Sudo 1.7.2p4 All All All
Application Todd Miller Sudo 1.6.8 All All All
Application Todd Miller Sudo 1.6.8p7 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 1.6.9_p20 All All All
Application Todd Miller Sudo 1.6.9_p21 All All All
Application Todd Miller Sudo 1.6.9_p22 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 1.7.2p1 All All All
Application Todd Miller Sudo 1.7.2p2 All All All
Application Todd Miller Sudo 1.7.2p3 All All All
Application Todd Miller Sudo 1.7.2p4 All All All

References

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Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH VUPEN www.vupen.com
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The Slackware Linux Project: Slackware Security Advisories SLACKWARE slackware.com
Repository / Oval Repository OVAL oval.cisecurity.org
Additional privilege escalation bug with sudoedit CONFIRM www.sudo.ws
Todd Miller Sudo 'sudoedit' Path Resolution Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com
wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2010-0075 CONFIRM wiki.rpath.com
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Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2010:078 | Mandriva MANDRIVA www.mandriva.com
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Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH VUPEN www.vupen.com Vendor Advisory
63878 OSVDB www.osvdb.org
Red Hat update for sudo - Secunia.com SECUNIA secunia.com
SecurityFocus BUGTRAQ www.securityfocus.com
[security-announce] SUSE Security Summary Report: SUSE-SR:2011:002 SUSE lists.opensuse.org
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SUSE update for Multiple Packages - Secunia.com SECUNIA secunia.com
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH VUPEN www.vupen.com
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