CVE-2010-2956
MEDIUM · CVSS 6.2EPSS 0.4%EU EUVD
Sudo 1.7.0 through 1.7.4p3, when a Runas group is configured, does not properly handle use of the -u option in conjunction with the -g option, which allows local users to gain privileges via a command line containing a "-u root" sequence.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 6.2 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- EPSS score
- 0.4% (30th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2010-2960)
- Published
- September 10, 2010
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2010-2960 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
References
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-September/047516.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-09/msg00006.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/40508(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/41316(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42787
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201009-03.xml
- http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2010-0075
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:175
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0675.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/514489/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/515545/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/43019
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1024392
- http://www.sudo.ws/sudo/alerts/runas_group.html(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-983-1
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0001.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2312
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2318
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2320
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2358
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0025
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=628628
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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