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CVE-2010-2956
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…
Medium6.2EPSS 0.36%
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- redhat
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium6.2 | AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.36% · top 70% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.2.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (22)
- ADV-2010-2312 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=628628 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- ADV-2010-2318 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0001.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- MDVSA-2010:175 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- ADV-2010-2320 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 20101027 rPSA-2010-0075-1 sudo (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- ADV-2010-2358 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- http://www.sudo.ws/sudo/alerts/runas_group.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2010-0075 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- FEDORA-2010-14355 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- GLSA-201009-03 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- 20110105 VMSA-2011-0001 VMware ESX third party updates for Service Console packages glibc, sudo, and openldap (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- SUSE-SR:2010:017 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- 43019 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- RHSA-2010:0675 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- 40508 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 1024392 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 42787 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- ADV-2011-0025 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- USN-983-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- 41316 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_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)
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