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Vulnerability record · CVE-2010-0426 · published 24 February 2010

CVE-2010-0426: Todd miller sudo permissions and access controls vulnerability

Todd Miller · Sudo

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.

6.9 CVSS 2.0 Medium EPSS 1.1% · top 36.1% CWE-264 · Permissions and access controls
6.9CVSS 2.0 base score
1.1%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
58References
16 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

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.

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

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
ftp://ftp.sudo.ws/pub/sudo/sudo-1.6.9p21.patch.gz Patch
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=570737
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-May/040578.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-May/040588.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-03/msg00004.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/38659 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/38762
http://secunia.com/advisories/38795
http://secunia.com/advisories/38803
http://secunia.com/advisories/38915
http://secunia.com/advisories/39399
http://securitytracker.com/id?1023658
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2010&m=slackware-security.577019
http://sudo.ws/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=389
http://sudo.ws/repos/sudo/rev/88f3181692fe
http://sudo.ws/repos/sudo/rev/f86e1b56d074
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.linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-security-4/the-use-of-sudoedit-command-question-785442/
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:049
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/514489/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/38362 Patch
http://www.sudo.ws/sudo/stable.html Patch
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-905-1
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0450 Vendor Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0949
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10814
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7238
ftp://ftp.sudo.ws/pub/sudo/sudo-1.6.9p21.patch.gz Patch
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=570737
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-May/040578.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-May/040588.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-03/msg00004.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/38659 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/38762
http://secunia.com/advisories/38795
http://secunia.com/advisories/38803
http://secunia.com/advisories/38915
http://secunia.com/advisories/39399

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2010-0426), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-30). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.