Vulnerability Report

CVE-2010-0427

Title: Todd Miller Sudo Auth Bypass

Auth Bypass

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2010-0427.

CWE Category CWE-264

Published Date Feb 25, 2010

Modified Date Jun 16, 2026

Exploit Status Not Found

Score 4.4 CVSS v2.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

0.46%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2010-0427: sudo 1.6.x before 1.6.9p21, when the runas_default option is used, does not properly set group memberships, which allows local users to gain privileges via a sudo command.

Impacted Vendors

todd_miller 1

gratisoft 1

Reference Links

ftp://ftp.sudo.ws/pub/sudo/sudo-1.6.9p21.patch.gz http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-03/msg00004.html http://secunia.com/advisories/38762 http://secunia.com/advisories/38795 http://secunia.com/advisories/38803 http://secunia.com/advisories/38915 http://securitytracker.com/id?1023658 http://sudo.ws/repos/sudo/rev/aa0b6c01c462 http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2010-0075 http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2006 http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-201003-01.xml http://www.gratisoft.us/bugzilla/attachment.cgi?id=255 http://www.gratisoft.us/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=349 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/02/23/4 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/02/24/5 http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/514489/100/0/threaded http://www.sudo.ws/cgi-bin/cvsweb/sudo/set_perms.c.diff?r1=1.30.2.7&r2=1.30.2.8 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-905-1 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=567622 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10946 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7216 ftp://ftp.sudo.ws/pub/sudo/sudo-1.6.9p21.patch.gz http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-03/msg00004.html http://secunia.com/advisories/38762 http://secunia.com/advisories/38795 http://secunia.com/advisories/38803 http://secunia.com/advisories/38915 http://securitytracker.com/id?1023658 http://sudo.ws/repos/sudo/rev/aa0b6c01c462 http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2010-0075 http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2006 http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-201003-01.xml http://www.gratisoft.us/bugzilla/attachment.cgi?id=255 http://www.gratisoft.us/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=349 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/02/23/4 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/02/24/5 http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/514489/100/0/threaded http://www.sudo.ws/cgi-bin/cvsweb/sudo/set_perms.c.diff?r1=1.30.2.7&r2=1.30.2.8 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-905-1 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=567622 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10946 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7216

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity MEDIUM

4.4

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

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

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns