CVE-2010-0426
MEDIUM · CVSS 6.9EPSS 1.1%EU EUVD
sudo 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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 6.9 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-264
- EPSS score
- 1.1% (65th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2010-0457)
- Published
- February 24, 2010
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2010-0457 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- todd miller / sudo
- todd miller / sudo
- todd miller / sudo
- todd miller / sudo
- todd miller / sudo
- todd miller / sudo
- todd miller / sudo
- todd miller / sudo
- todd miller / sudo
- todd miller / sudo
- todd miller / sudo
- todd miller / sudo
- todd miller / sudo
- todd miller / sudo
- todd miller / sudo
- todd miller / sudo
- todd miller / sudo
- todd miller / sudo
- todd miller / sudo
- todd miller / sudo
- todd miller / sudo
- todd miller / sudo
- todd miller / sudo
- todd miller / sudo
- todd miller / sudo
- todd miller / sudo
- todd miller / sudo
- todd miller / sudo
- todd miller / sudo
- todd miller / sudo
- todd miller / sudo
- todd miller / sudo
References
- ftp://ftp.sudo.ws/pub/sudo/sudo-1.6.9p21.patch.gz(Patch)
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=570737
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-May/040578.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-May/040588.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-03/msg00004.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38659(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38762
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38795
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38803
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38915
- http://secunia.com/advisories/39399
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1023658
- http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2010&m=slackware-security.577019
- http://sudo.ws/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=389
- http://sudo.ws/repos/sudo/rev/88f3181692fe
- http://sudo.ws/repos/sudo/rev/f86e1b56d074
- http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2010-0075
- http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2006
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-201003-01.xml
- http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-security-4/the-use-of-sudoedit-command-question-785442/
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:049
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/514489/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/38362(Patch)
- http://www.sudo.ws/sudo/stable.html(Patch)
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-905-1
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0450(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0949
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10814
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7238
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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