Is CVE-2009-0034 being actively exploited?

CVE-2009-0034 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2009-0034?

CVE-2009-0034 has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 7.8 (HIGH).

CVE-2009-0034

HIGH · CVSS 7.8EPSS 0.4%EU EUVD

parse.c in sudo 1.6.9p17 through 1.6.9p19 does not properly interpret a system group (aka %group) in the sudoers file during authorization decisions for a user who belongs to that group, which allows local users to leverage an applicable sudoers file and gain root privileges via a sudo command.

Key facts

CVSS score: 7.8 (v3.1)
Severity: HIGH
CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness (CWE): CWE-863
EPSS score: 0.4% (35th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2009-0045)
Published: January 30, 2009
NVD last modified: June 16, 2026
Status: Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2009-0045 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

gratisoft / sudo
gratisoft / sudo
gratisoft / sudo
vmware / esx

References

http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2009/000060.html(Broken Link)
http://osvdb.org/51736(Broken Link)
http://secunia.com/advisories/33753(Not Applicable)
http://secunia.com/advisories/33840(Not Applicable)
http://secunia.com/advisories/33885(Not Applicable)
http://secunia.com/advisories/35766(Not Applicable)
http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0021(Broken Link)
http://www.gratisoft.us/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=327(Product, Release Notes)
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:033(Broken Link)
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0267.html(Not Applicable)
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/500546/100/0/threaded(Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/504849/100/0/threaded(Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33517(Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021688(Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://www.sudo.ws/cgi-bin/cvsweb/sudo/parse.c.diff?r1=1.160.2.21&r2=1.160.2.22&f=h(Broken Link)
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0009.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1865(Permissions Required)
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=468923(Issue Tracking, Permissions Required)
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2954(Broken Link)
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10856(Broken Link)
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6462(Broken Link)

Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS

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