CVE-2010-0426

sudo: sudoedit option can possibly allow for arbitrary code execution

Severity Score

7.8

*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

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.

sudo v1.6.x anterior a v1.6.9p21 y v1.7.x anterior a v1.7.2p4, cuando un pseudo-comando está activado, permite la coincidencia entre el nombre del pseudo-comando y el nombre de un archivo ejecutable en un directorio cualquiera, lo que permite a usuarios locales obtener privilegios a través de un archivo ejecutable manipulado, como se ha demostrado mediante el archivo sudoedit en el directorio home de un usuario.

*Credits: N/A

CVSS Scores

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Medium

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Complete

Integrity

Complete

Availability

Complete

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Medium

Authentication

Single

Confidentiality

Complete

Integrity

Complete

Availability

Complete

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2010-01-27 CVE Reserved
2010-02-24 CVE Published
2017-12-16 First Exploit
2024-08-07 CVE Updated
2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

CWE-264: Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

CAPEC

References (34)

URL	Tag	Source
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=570737	X_refsource_misc
http://secunia.com/advisories/38762	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/38795	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/38803	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/38915	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/39399	Third Party Advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1023658	Vdb Entry
http://sudo.ws/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=389	X_refsource_confirm
http://sudo.ws/repos/sudo/rev/88f3181692fe	X_refsource_confirm
http://sudo.ws/repos/sudo/rev/f86e1b56d074	X_refsource_confirm
http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2010-0075	X_refsource_confirm
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-security-4/the-use-of-sudoedit-command-question-785442	X_refsource_misc
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/514489/100/0/threaded	Mailing List
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0949	Vdb Entry
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10814	Signature
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7238	Signature

URL	Date	SRC
https://github.com/t0kx/privesc-CVE-2010-0426	2017-12-16
https://github.com/g1vi/CVE-2010-0426	2023-10-09
https://github.com/cved-sources/cve-2010-0426	2021-04-15

URL	Date	SRC
ftp://ftp.sudo.ws/pub/sudo/sudo-1.6.9p21.patch.gz	2018-10-10
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/38362	2018-10-10
http://www.sudo.ws/sudo/stable.html	2018-10-10

URL	Date	SRC
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-May/040578.html	2018-10-10
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-May/040588.html	2018-10-10
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-03/msg00004.html	2018-10-10
http://secunia.com/advisories/38659	2018-10-10
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2010&m=slackware-security.577019	2018-10-10
http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2006	2018-10-10
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-201003-01.xml	2018-10-10
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:049	2018-10-10
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-905-1	2018-10-10
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0450	2018-10-10
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-0426	2010-02-26
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=567337	2010-02-26

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Todd Miller Search vendor "Todd Miller"		Sudo Search vendor "Todd Miller" for product "Sudo"				1.6 Search vendor "Todd Miller" for product "Sudo" and version "1.6"		-		Affected
Todd Miller Search vendor "Todd Miller"		Sudo Search vendor "Todd Miller" for product "Sudo"				1.6.1 Search vendor "Todd Miller" for product "Sudo" and version "1.6.1"		-		Affected
Todd Miller Search vendor "Todd Miller"		Sudo Search vendor "Todd Miller" for product "Sudo"				1.6.2 Search vendor "Todd Miller" for product "Sudo" and version "1.6.2"		-		Affected
Todd Miller Search vendor "Todd Miller"		Sudo Search vendor "Todd Miller" for product "Sudo"				1.6.3 Search vendor "Todd Miller" for product "Sudo" and version "1.6.3"		-		Affected
Todd Miller Search vendor "Todd Miller"		Sudo Search vendor "Todd Miller" for product "Sudo"				1.6.3_p1 Search vendor "Todd Miller" for product "Sudo" and version "1.6.3_p1"		-		Affected
Todd Miller Search vendor "Todd Miller"		Sudo Search vendor "Todd Miller" for product "Sudo"				1.6.3_p2 Search vendor "Todd Miller" for product "Sudo" and version "1.6.3_p2"		-		Affected
Todd Miller Search vendor "Todd Miller"		Sudo Search vendor "Todd Miller" for product "Sudo"				1.6.3_p3 Search vendor "Todd Miller" for product "Sudo" and version "1.6.3_p3"		-		Affected
Todd Miller Search vendor "Todd Miller"		Sudo Search vendor "Todd Miller" for product "Sudo"				1.6.3_p4 Search vendor "Todd Miller" for product "Sudo" and version "1.6.3_p4"		-		Affected
Todd Miller Search vendor "Todd Miller"		Sudo Search vendor "Todd Miller" for product "Sudo"				1.6.3_p5 Search vendor "Todd Miller" for product "Sudo" and version "1.6.3_p5"		-		Affected
Todd Miller Search vendor "Todd Miller"		Sudo Search vendor "Todd Miller" for product "Sudo"				1.6.3_p6 Search vendor "Todd Miller" for product "Sudo" and version "1.6.3_p6"		-		Affected
Todd Miller Search vendor "Todd Miller"		Sudo Search vendor "Todd Miller" for product "Sudo"				1.6.3_p7 Search vendor "Todd Miller" for product "Sudo" and version "1.6.3_p7"		-		Affected
Todd Miller Search vendor "Todd Miller"		Sudo Search vendor "Todd Miller" for product "Sudo"				1.6.4_p1 Search vendor "Todd Miller" for product "Sudo" and version "1.6.4_p1"		-		Affected
Todd Miller Search vendor "Todd Miller"		Sudo Search vendor "Todd Miller" for product "Sudo"				1.6.4_p2 Search vendor "Todd Miller" for product "Sudo" and version "1.6.4_p2"		-		Affected
Todd Miller Search vendor "Todd Miller"		Sudo Search vendor "Todd Miller" for product "Sudo"				1.6.5_p1 Search vendor "Todd Miller" for product "Sudo" and version "1.6.5_p1"		-		Affected
Todd Miller Search vendor "Todd Miller"		Sudo Search vendor "Todd Miller" for product "Sudo"				1.6.5_p2 Search vendor "Todd Miller" for product "Sudo" and version "1.6.5_p2"		-		Affected
Todd Miller Search vendor "Todd Miller"		Sudo Search vendor "Todd Miller" for product "Sudo"				1.6.7_p5 Search vendor "Todd Miller" for product "Sudo" and version "1.6.7_p5"		-		Affected
Todd Miller Search vendor "Todd Miller"		Sudo Search vendor "Todd Miller" for product "Sudo"				1.6.8_p1 Search vendor "Todd Miller" for product "Sudo" and version "1.6.8_p1"		-		Affected
Todd Miller Search vendor "Todd Miller"		Sudo Search vendor "Todd Miller" for product "Sudo"				1.6.8_p2 Search vendor "Todd Miller" for product "Sudo" and version "1.6.8_p2"		-		Affected
Todd Miller Search vendor "Todd Miller"		Sudo Search vendor "Todd Miller" for product "Sudo"				1.6.8_p5 Search vendor "Todd Miller" for product "Sudo" and version "1.6.8_p5"		-		Affected
Todd Miller Search vendor "Todd Miller"		Sudo Search vendor "Todd Miller" for product "Sudo"				1.6.8_p7 Search vendor "Todd Miller" for product "Sudo" and version "1.6.8_p7"		-		Affected
Todd Miller Search vendor "Todd Miller"		Sudo Search vendor "Todd Miller" for product "Sudo"				1.6.8_p8 Search vendor "Todd Miller" for product "Sudo" and version "1.6.8_p8"		-		Affected
Todd Miller Search vendor "Todd Miller"		Sudo Search vendor "Todd Miller" for product "Sudo"				1.6.8_p9 Search vendor "Todd Miller" for product "Sudo" and version "1.6.8_p9"		-		Affected
Todd Miller Search vendor "Todd Miller"		Sudo Search vendor "Todd Miller" for product "Sudo"				1.6.8_p12 Search vendor "Todd Miller" for product "Sudo" and version "1.6.8_p12"		-		Affected
Todd Miller Search vendor "Todd Miller"		Sudo Search vendor "Todd Miller" for product "Sudo"				1.6.9_p17 Search vendor "Todd Miller" for product "Sudo" and version "1.6.9_p17"		-		Affected
Todd Miller Search vendor "Todd Miller"		Sudo Search vendor "Todd Miller" for product "Sudo"				1.6.9_p18 Search vendor "Todd Miller" for product "Sudo" and version "1.6.9_p18"		-		Affected
Todd Miller Search vendor "Todd Miller"		Sudo Search vendor "Todd Miller" for product "Sudo"				1.6.9_p19 Search vendor "Todd Miller" for product "Sudo" and version "1.6.9_p19"		-		Affected
Todd Miller Search vendor "Todd Miller"		Sudo Search vendor "Todd Miller" for product "Sudo"				1.7.0 Search vendor "Todd Miller" for product "Sudo" and version "1.7.0"		-		Affected
Todd Miller Search vendor "Todd Miller"		Sudo Search vendor "Todd Miller" for product "Sudo"				1.7.1 Search vendor "Todd Miller" for product "Sudo" and version "1.7.1"		-		Affected
Todd Miller Search vendor "Todd Miller"		Sudo Search vendor "Todd Miller" for product "Sudo"				1.7.2 Search vendor "Todd Miller" for product "Sudo" and version "1.7.2"		-		Affected
Todd Miller Search vendor "Todd Miller"		Sudo Search vendor "Todd Miller" for product "Sudo"				1.7.2p1 Search vendor "Todd Miller" for product "Sudo" and version "1.7.2p1"		-		Affected
Todd Miller Search vendor "Todd Miller"		Sudo Search vendor "Todd Miller" for product "Sudo"				1.7.2p2 Search vendor "Todd Miller" for product "Sudo" and version "1.7.2p2"		-		Affected
Todd Miller Search vendor "Todd Miller"		Sudo Search vendor "Todd Miller" for product "Sudo"				1.7.2p3 Search vendor "Todd Miller" for product "Sudo" and version "1.7.2p3"		-		Affected