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    CVE-2010-1646

    The secure path feature in env.c in sudo 1.3.1 through 1.6.9p22 and 1.7.0 through 1.7.2p6 does not properly handle an environment that contains multiple PATH variables, which might allow local users to gain privileges via a crafted value of the last PATH variable.

    Published:May 28, 2010
    Last Modified:Apr 11, 2025
    EPS:Jun 7, 2010
    EPSS Score:0.00078
    CVSS Score:6.2

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Enterprise Linux
    Vendor
    Todd Miller
    Product
    Sudo

    Exploits

    http://www.sudo.ws/repos/sudo/rev/3057fde43cf0http://www.sudo.ws/repos/sudo/rev/a09c6812eaechttp://www.sudo.ws/repos/sudo/rev/3057fde43cf0http://www.sudo.ws/repos/sudo/rev/a09c6812eaec

    Common Weakness Enumeration

    No CWE recorded yet

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    No CAPEC recorded yet

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    References

    http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-June/042838.html
    http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-June/043012.html
    http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-June/043026.html
    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00006.html
    http://secunia.com/advisories/40002
    http://secunia.com/advisories/40188
    http://secunia.com/advisories/40215
    http://secunia.com/advisories/40508
    http://secunia.com/advisories/43068
    http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201009-03.xml
    http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2010-0075
    http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2062
    http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:118
    http://www.osvdb.org/65083
    http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0475.html
    http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/514489/100/0/threaded
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/40538
    http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1024101
    http://www.sudo.ws/repos/sudo/rev/3057fde43cf0
    http://www.sudo.ws/repos/sudo/rev/a09c6812eaec
    http://www.sudo.ws/sudo/alerts/secure_path.html
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1452
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1478
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1518
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1519
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0212
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=598154
    https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10580
    https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7338
    http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-June/042838.html
    http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-June/043012.html
    http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-June/043026.html
    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00006.html
    http://secunia.com/advisories/40002
    http://secunia.com/advisories/40188
    http://secunia.com/advisories/40215
    http://secunia.com/advisories/40508
    http://secunia.com/advisories/43068
    http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201009-03.xml
    http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2010-0075
    http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2062
    http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:118
    http://www.osvdb.org/65083
    http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0475.html
    http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/514489/100/0/threaded
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/40538
    http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1024101
    http://www.sudo.ws/repos/sudo/rev/3057fde43cf0
    http://www.sudo.ws/repos/sudo/rev/a09c6812eaec
    http://www.sudo.ws/sudo/alerts/secure_path.html
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1452
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1478
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1518
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1519
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0212
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=598154
    https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10580
    https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7338

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High