CVE-2010-1646
MEDIUM · CVSS 6.2EPSS 0.5%EU EUVD
The secure path feature in env.c in sudo 1.3.1 through 1.6.9p22 and 1.7.0 through 1.7.2p6 does not properly handle an environment that contains multiple PATH variables, which might allow local users to gain privileges via a crafted value of the last PATH variable.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 6.2 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-264
- EPSS score
- 0.5% (40th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2010-1667)
- Published
- June 7, 2010
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2010-1667 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
- 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
and 24 more…
References
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-June/042838.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-June/043012.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-June/043026.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00006.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/40002(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/40188
- http://secunia.com/advisories/40215
- http://secunia.com/advisories/40508
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43068
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201009-03.xml
- http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2010-0075
- http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2062
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:118
- http://www.osvdb.org/65083
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0475.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/514489/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/40538
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1024101
- http://www.sudo.ws/repos/sudo/rev/3057fde43cf0(Exploit, Patch)
- http://www.sudo.ws/repos/sudo/rev/a09c6812eaec(Exploit, Patch)
- http://www.sudo.ws/sudo/alerts/secure_path.html(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1452
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1478
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1518
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1519
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0212
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=598154
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10580
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7338
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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