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CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2010-0427

Published: Feb 25, 2010 | Modified: Apr 11, 2025
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
4.4 MEDIUM
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V2
6.6 IMPORTANT
AV:L/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
MEDIUM
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-0427
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/264.html

sudo 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.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
SudoTodd_miller1.6 (including)1.6 (including)
SudoTodd_miller1.6.1 (including)1.6.1 (including)
SudoTodd_miller1.6.2 (including)1.6.2 (including)
SudoTodd_miller1.6.3 (including)1.6.3 (including)
SudoTodd_miller1.6.3_p1 (including)1.6.3_p1 (including)
SudoTodd_miller1.6.3_p2 (including)1.6.3_p2 (including)
SudoTodd_miller1.6.3_p3 (including)1.6.3_p3 (including)
SudoTodd_miller1.6.3_p4 (including)1.6.3_p4 (including)
SudoTodd_miller1.6.3_p5 (including)1.6.3_p5 (including)
SudoTodd_miller1.6.3_p6 (including)1.6.3_p6 (including)
SudoTodd_miller1.6.3_p7 (including)1.6.3_p7 (including)
SudoTodd_miller1.6.4_p1 (including)1.6.4_p1 (including)
SudoTodd_miller1.6.4_p2 (including)1.6.4_p2 (including)
SudoTodd_miller1.6.5 (including)1.6.5 (including)
SudoTodd_miller1.6.5_p1 (including)1.6.5_p1 (including)
SudoTodd_miller1.6.5_p2 (including)1.6.5_p2 (including)
SudoTodd_miller1.6.6 (including)1.6.6 (including)
SudoTodd_miller1.6.7 (including)1.6.7 (including)
SudoTodd_miller1.6.7_p5 (including)1.6.7_p5 (including)
SudoTodd_miller1.6.8 (including)1.6.8 (including)
SudoTodd_miller1.6.8_p1 (including)1.6.8_p1 (including)
SudoTodd_miller1.6.8_p5 (including)1.6.8_p5 (including)
SudoTodd_miller1.6.8_p8 (including)1.6.8_p8 (including)
SudoTodd_miller1.6.8_p9 (including)1.6.8_p9 (including)
SudoTodd_miller1.6.8_p12 (including)1.6.8_p12 (including)
SudoTodd_miller1.6.9_p17 (including)1.6.9_p17 (including)
SudoTodd_miller1.6.9_p18 (including)1.6.9_p18 (including)
SudoTodd_miller1.6.9_p19 (including)1.6.9_p19 (including)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5RedHatsudo-0:1.6.9p17-6.el5_4*
SudoUbuntuhardy*
SudoUbuntuintrepid*
SudoUbuntujaunty*
SudoUbuntuupstream*

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