CVE-2011-0010
MEDIUM · CVSS 4.4EPSS 0.5%EU EUVD
check.c in sudo 1.7.x before 1.7.4p5, when a Runas group is configured, does not require a password for command execution that involves a gid change but no uid change, which allows local users to bypass an intended authentication requirement via the -g option to 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% (43th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2011-0037)
- Published
- January 18, 2011
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2011-0037 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 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
References
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=609641
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-January/053263.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-January/053341.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00006.html
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/11/3(Patch)
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/12/1(Patch)
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/12/3
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42886(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42949
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42968
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43068
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43282
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201203-06.xml
- http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2011&m=slackware-security.593654
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:018
- http://www.osvdb.org/70400
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0599.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45774
- http://www.sudo.ws/repos/sudo/rev/07d1b0ce530e(Patch)
- http://www.sudo.ws/repos/sudo/rev/fe8a94f96542(Patch)
- http://www.sudo.ws/sudo/alerts/runas_group_pw.html
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1046-1
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0089(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0182
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0195
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0199
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0212
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0362
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=668879(Patch)
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/64636
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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