CVEvulnerability
CVE-2009-0034
7.8 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2009-01-30
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 6.9 MEDIUM — AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-863
Description
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.
Affected configurations
• gratisoft sudo 1.6.9
• vmware esx 4.0
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-863 Incorrect Authorization weakness
References
- http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2009/000060.html Broken Link
- http://osvdb.org/51736 Broken Link
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33753 Not Applicable
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33840 Not Applicable
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33885 Not Applicable
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35766 Not Applicable
- http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0021 Broken Link
- http://www.gratisoft.us/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=327 Product, Release Notes
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:033 Broken Link
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0267.html Not Applicable
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/500546/100/0/threaded Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/504849/100/0/threaded Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33517 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021688 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.sudo.ws/cgi-bin/cvsweb/sudo/parse.c.diff?r1=1.160.2.21&r2=1.160.2.22&f=h Broken Link
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0009.html Third Party Advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1865 Permissions Required
- https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=468923 Issue Tracking, Permissions Required
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2954 Broken Link
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10856 Broken Link
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6462 Broken Link
- http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2009/000060.html Broken Link
- http://osvdb.org/51736 Broken Link
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33753 Not Applicable
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33840 Not Applicable
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33885 Not Applicable
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35766 Not Applicable
- http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0021 Broken Link
- http://www.gratisoft.us/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=327 Product, Release Notes
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:033 Broken Link
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0267.html Not Applicable
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/500546/100/0/threaded Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/504849/100/0/threaded Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33517 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021688 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.sudo.ws/cgi-bin/cvsweb/sudo/parse.c.diff?r1=1.160.2.21&r2=1.160.2.22&f=h Broken Link
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0009.html Third Party Advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1865 Permissions Required
- https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=468923 Issue Tracking, Permissions Required
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2954 Broken Link
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10856 Broken Link
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6462 Broken Link