CVE-2010-0426

Description

sudo 1.6.x before 1.6.9p21 and 1.7.x before 1.7.2p4, when a pseudo-command is enabled, permits a match between the name of the pseudo-command and the name of an executable file in an arbitrary directory, which allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted executable file, as demonstrated by a file named sudoedit in a user's home directory.

Category

6.9
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.76% Top 30%
Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory mandriva.com Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory slackware.com Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory vupen.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://secunia.com/advisories/38803 third party advisory
ftp://ftp.sudo.ws/pub/sudo/sudo-1.6.9p21.patch.gz patch
http://sudo.ws/repos/sudo/rev/88f3181692fe
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7238 vdb entry signature
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-201003-01.xml vendor advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:049 vendor advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-May/040578.html vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/38762 third party advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2006 vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/39399 third party advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/38362 vdb entry patch
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-May/040588.html vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/514489/100/0/threaded mailing list
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-905-1 vendor advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10814 vdb entry signature
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-03/msg00004.html vendor advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0949 vdb entry
http://sudo.ws/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=389
http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2010-0075
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0450 vdb entry vendor advisory
http://www.sudo.ws/sudo/stable.html patch
http://secunia.com/advisories/38659 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/38795 third party advisory
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=570737
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-security-4/the-use-of-sudoedit-command-question-785442/
http://secunia.com/advisories/38915 third party advisory
http://sudo.ws/repos/sudo/rev/f86e1b56d074
http://securitytracker.com/id?1023658 vdb entry
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2010&m=slackware-security.577019 vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2010-0426?
CVE-2010-0426 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2010-0426?
To fix CVE-2010-0426, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2010-0426 being actively exploited in the wild?
As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2010-0426 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~1% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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