CVE-2011-0010
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
02 Description
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
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
- 0.49% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 42.2% 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
- Low. 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
- 2011-01-18 17:00Z15 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 21:36Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2010-12-07
- 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
- 34d379cbb994b99c02568a974864b37f1372ce13dbbccdeb2ea2ee963a9b3a19
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.vupen.comADV-2011-0362http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0362
- www.sudo.wshttp://www.sudo.ws/sudo/alerts/runas_group_pw.html
- secunia.com43068http://secunia.com/advisories/43068
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-201203-06http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201203-06.xml
- slackware.comSSA:2011-041-05http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2011&m=slackware-security.593654
- www.mandriva.comMDVSA-2011:018http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:018
- www.sudo.wshttp://www.sudo.ws/repos/sudo/rev/07d1b0ce530e
- www.vupen.comADV-2011-0089http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0089
- www.vupen.comADV-2011-0212http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0212
- secunia.com42949http://secunia.com/advisories/42949
- openwall.com[oss-security] 20110111 CVE request: sudo does not ask for password on GID changeshttp://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/11/3
- www.vupen.comADV-2011-0182http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0182
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2011-0470http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-January/053263.html
- www.vupen.comADV-2011-0199http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0199
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-1046-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1046-1
- www.redhat.comRHSA-2011:0599http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0599.html
- openwall.com[oss-security] 20110112 Re: CVE request: sudo does not ask for password on GID changeshttp://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/12/1
- www.osvdb.org70400http://www.osvdb.org/70400
- secunia.com42886http://secunia.com/advisories/42886
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SR:2011:002http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00006.html
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comsudo-groupid-privilege-escalation(64636)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/64636
- www.securityfocus.com45774http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45774
- openwall.com[oss-security] 20110112 Re: CVE request: sudo does not ask for password on GID changeshttp://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/12/3
- secunia.com43282http://secunia.com/advisories/43282
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2011-0455http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-January/053341.html
- www.sudo.wshttp://www.sudo.ws/repos/sudo/rev/fe8a94f96542
- www.vupen.comADV-2011-0195http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0195
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=668879
- bugs.debian.orghttp://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=609641
- secunia.com42968http://secunia.com/advisories/42968
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- sudo Fixed in 1.7.4p4-6
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- sudo Fixed in 1.7.4p4-6
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- sudo Fixed in 1.7.4p4-6
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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