CVE-2010-1163
The 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.
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-20
- EPSS score
- 0.4% (35th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2010-1193)
- Published
- April 16, 2010
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2010-1193 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
References
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-April/039986.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00006.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/39384(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/39399
- http://secunia.com/advisories/39474(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/39543
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43068
- http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2010&m=slackware-security.577019
- http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2010-0075
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:078
- http://www.osvdb.org/63878
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0361.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/510827/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/510846/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/510880/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/514489/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/39468
- http://www.sudo.ws/sudo/alerts/sudoedit_escalate2.html
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-928-1
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0881(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0895(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0904
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0949
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0956
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1019
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0212
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/57836
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9382
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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