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…

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.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

0.41% · top 65% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.8.

Weakness

• n/a
• CWE-863 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-863 and its CVEs

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (21)

• 33885 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 51736 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
• http://www.sudo.ws/cgi-bin/cvsweb/sudo/parse.c.diff?r1=1.160.2.21&r2=1.160.2.22&f=h (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 35766 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 1021688 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
• 33517 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2954 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• MDVSA-2009:033 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
• ADV-2009-1865 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• 33753 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• RHSA-2009:0267 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• [Security-announce] 20090710 VMSA-2009-0009 ESX Service Console updates for udev, sudo, and curl (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• 20090129 rPSA-2009-0021-1 sudo (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
• oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6462 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
• 33840 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0021 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 20090711 VMSA-2009-0009 ESX Service Console updates for udev, sudo, and curl (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
• oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10856 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
• http://www.gratisoft.us/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=327 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0009.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=468923 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

Badge for a README or a ticket

[![CVE-2009-0034](https://trackcve.app/badge/CVE-2009-0034.svg)](https://trackcve.app/cve/CVE-2009-0034)

Record last updated 7 Aug 2024, 04:17 UTC.