Vulnerability Report

CVE-2009-0034

Title: Gratisoft Sudo Broken Access Control

Other

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2009-0034.

CWE Category CWE-863

Published Date Jan 30, 2009

Modified Date Jun 16, 2026

Exploit Status Not Found

Score 7.8 CVSS v3.1

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

0.41%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2009-0034: parse.c in sudo 1.6.9p17 through 1.6.9p19 does not properly interpret a system group (aka %group) in the sudoers file during authorization decisions for a user who belongs to that group, which allows local users to leverage an applicable sudoers file and gain root privileges via a sudo command.

Impacted Vendors

todd_miller 1

gratisoft 1

Reference Links

http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2009/000060.html http://osvdb.org/51736 http://secunia.com/advisories/33753 http://secunia.com/advisories/33840 http://secunia.com/advisories/33885 http://secunia.com/advisories/35766 http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0021 http://www.gratisoft.us/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=327 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:033 http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0267.html http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/500546/100/0/threaded http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/504849/100/0/threaded http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33517 http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021688 http://www.sudo.ws/cgi-bin/cvsweb/sudo/parse.c.diff?r1=1.160.2.21&r2=1.160.2.22&f=h http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0009.html http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1865 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=468923 https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2954 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10856 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6462 http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2009/000060.html http://osvdb.org/51736 http://secunia.com/advisories/33753 http://secunia.com/advisories/33840 http://secunia.com/advisories/33885 http://secunia.com/advisories/35766 http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0021 http://www.gratisoft.us/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=327 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:033 http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0267.html http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/500546/100/0/threaded http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/504849/100/0/threaded http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33517 http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021688 http://www.sudo.ws/cgi-bin/cvsweb/sudo/parse.c.diff?r1=1.160.2.21&r2=1.160.2.22&f=h http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0009.html http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1865 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=468923 https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2954 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10856 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6462

CVSS v3.1

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity HIGH

7.8

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Complexity

LOW

Privileges

N/A

Interaction

NONE

Confidentiality

N/A

Integrity

N/A

Availability

N/A

Scope

UNCHANGED

RAW VECTOR CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity MEDIUM

6.9

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

RAW VECTOR AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2009-0034 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

June 16, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

April 09, 2025 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

January 30, 2009 PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector LOCAL

Complexity LOW

Privileges N/A

Interaction NONE

CVSS Vector String


                                    CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.