CVE-2010-0427

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    CVE-2010-0427

    Published: 25 Feb 2010Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: sudo 1.6.x before 1.6.9p21, when the runas_default option is used, does not properly set group memberships, which allows local users to gain privileges via a sudo command.

    References: http://secunia.com/advisories/38762, http://secunia.com/advisories/38795, http://secunia.com/advisories/38803, http://secunia.com/advisories/38915, http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2006, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-905-1, http://www.gratisoft.us/bugzilla/attachment.cgi?id=255, ftp://ftp.sudo.ws/pub/sudo/sudo-1.6.9p21.patch.gz, http://www.gratisoft.us/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=349, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=567622, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-03/msg00004.html, http://securitytracker.com/id?1023658, http://sudo.ws/repos/sudo/rev/aa0b6c01c462, http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2010-0075, http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-201003-01.xml, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/02/23/4, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/02/24/5, http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/514489/100/0/threaded, http://www.sudo.ws/cgi-bin/cvsweb/sudo/set_perms.c.diff?r1=1.30.2.7&r2=1.30.2.8, https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10946, https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7216

    Affected packages

    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
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