CVE-2010-0427
MEDIUM · CVSS 4.4EPSS 0.5%EU EUVD
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 4.4 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-264
- EPSS score
- 0.5% (40th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2010-0458)
- Published
- February 25, 2010
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2010-0458 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
References
- ftp://ftp.sudo.ws/pub/sudo/sudo-1.6.9p21.patch.gz(Patch)
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-03/msg00004.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38762
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38795
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38803
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38915
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1023658
- http://sudo.ws/repos/sudo/rev/aa0b6c01c462
- 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.gratisoft.us/bugzilla/attachment.cgi?id=255(Exploit)
- http://www.gratisoft.us/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=349
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/02/23/4
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/02/24/5
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/514489/100/0/threaded
- http://www.sudo.ws/cgi-bin/cvsweb/sudo/set_perms.c.diff?r1=1.30.2.7&r2=1.30.2.8
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-905-1
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=567622
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10946
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7216
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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