CVE-2010-0426 (GCVE-0-2010-0426)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2010-02-24 18:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 00:45
VLAI
Summary
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.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
redhat CNA under the redhat root
CNA scorecard B 82/100 over 1032 records in the last 180 days details
References
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http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
http://secunia.com/advisories/38762 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2006 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
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http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/38362 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
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https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/def… vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
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http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=570737 x_refsource_MISC
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-sec… x_refsource_MISC
http://secunia.com/advisories/38915 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://sudo.ws/repos/sudo/rev/f86e1b56d074 x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://securitytracker.com/id?1023658 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackw… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SLACKWARE
Date Public
2010-01-28 00:00
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