CVEvulnerability

CVE-2010-2956

6.2 MEDIUM Published 2010-09-10 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2010-09-10
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
6.2 MEDIUM — AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Description

Sudo 1.7.0 through 1.7.4p3, when a Runas group is configured, does not properly handle use of the -u option in conjunction with the -g option, which allows local users to gain privileges via a command line containing a "-u root" sequence.

Affected configurations

• todd miller sudo 1.7.0 • todd miller sudo 1.7.1 • todd miller sudo 1.7.2 • todd miller sudo 1.7.2p1 • todd miller sudo 1.7.2p2 • todd miller sudo 1.7.2p3 • todd miller sudo 1.7.2p4 • todd miller sudo 1.7.2p5 • todd miller sudo 1.7.2p6 • todd miller sudo 1.7.2p7 • todd miller sudo 1.7.3b1 • todd miller sudo 1.7.4 • todd miller sudo 1.7.4p1 • todd miller sudo 1.7.4p2 • todd miller sudo 1.7.4p3

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