CVE-2010-0427
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.
02 Description
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.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 0.46% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 39.7% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- Important. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2010-02-25 19:00Z16 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 00:45Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2010-01-27
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 184cc946d7d93a5c137f066c3558803e3c6ab79d7dd366c6cb4e84a4a89d6bc8
05 Affected products
06 References
- secunia.com38803http://secunia.com/advisories/38803
- ftp.sudo.wsftp://ftp.sudo.ws/pub/sudo/sudo-1.6.9p21.patch.gz
- www.gentoo.orgGLSA-201003-01http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-201003-01.xml
- sudo.wshttp://sudo.ws/repos/sudo/rev/aa0b6c01c462
- secunia.com38762http://secunia.com/advisories/38762
- www.debian.orgDSA-2006http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2006
- oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:10946https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10946
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=567622
- oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:7216https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7216
- www.securityfocus.com20101027 rPSA-2010-0075-1 sudohttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/514489/100/0/threaded
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-905-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-905-1
- www.gratisoft.ushttp://www.gratisoft.us/bugzilla/attachment.cgi?id=255
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SR:2010:006http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-03/msg00004.html
- wiki.rpath.comhttp://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2010-0075
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20100223 CVE assignment notification -- CVE-2010-0427 -- sudo fails to reset group permissions if runas_default sethttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/02/23/4
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20100224 Re: CVE assignment notification -- CVE-2010-0427 -- sudo fails to reset group permissions if runas_default sethttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/02/24/5
- secunia.com38795http://secunia.com/advisories/38795
- www.sudo.wshttp://www.sudo.ws/cgi-bin/cvsweb/sudo/set_perms.c.diff?r1=1.30.2.7&r2=1.30.2.8
- secunia.com38915http://secunia.com/advisories/38915
- www.gratisoft.ushttp://www.gratisoft.us/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=349
- securitytracker.com1023658http://securitytracker.com/id?1023658
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- sudo Fixed in 1.7.0-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- sudo Fixed in 1.7.0-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- sudo Fixed in 1.7.0-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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