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
02 Description
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
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
- 0.40% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 34.1% 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
- Moderate. 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
- 2010-04-16 19:00Z16 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 01:14Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2010-03-29
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-20Improper Input ValidationClass
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 84e6532d76dbe83fe5db5ab6a24d4ca39a2aac45c15c3e62824f7dee87249794
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-928-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-928-1
- secunia.com43068http://secunia.com/advisories/43068
- www.redhat.comRHSA-2010:0361http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0361.html
- www.vupen.comADV-2011-0212http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0212
- secunia.com39384http://secunia.com/advisories/39384
- oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:9382https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9382
- secunia.com39543http://secunia.com/advisories/39543
- secunia.com39399http://secunia.com/advisories/39399
- www.vupen.comADV-2010-1019http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1019
- www.osvdb.org63878http://www.osvdb.org/63878
- www.vupen.comADV-2010-0956http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0956
- www.securityfocus.com20100422 Re: sudoedit local privilege escalation through PATH manipulationhttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/510880/100/0/threaded
- www.securityfocus.com20101027 rPSA-2010-0075-1 sudohttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/514489/100/0/threaded
- www.mandriva.comMDVSA-2010:078http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:078
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2010-6756http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-April/039986.html
- www.vupen.comADV-2010-0895http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0895
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SR:2011:002http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00006.html
- www.vupen.comADV-2010-0949http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0949
- wiki.rpath.comhttp://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2010-0075
- www.securityfocus.com20100419 sudoedit local privilege escalation through PATH manipulationhttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/510827/100/0/threaded
- www.securityfocus.com39468http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/39468
- www.vupen.comADV-2010-0881http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0881
- secunia.com39474http://secunia.com/advisories/39474
- www.securityfocus.com20100420 Re: sudoedit local privilege escalation through PATH manipulationhttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/510846/100/0/threaded
- www.sudo.wshttp://www.sudo.ws/sudo/alerts/sudoedit_escalate2.html
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comsudo-sudoefit-privilege-escalation(57836)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/57836
- www.vupen.comADV-2010-0904http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0904
- slackware.comSSA:2010-110-01http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2010&m=slackware-security.577019
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- sudo Fixed in 1.7.2p6-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- sudo Fixed in 1.7.2p6-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- sudo Fixed in 1.7.2p6-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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