CVE-2010-0427

Exp

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.

Published: 2010-02-25 Last update: 2026-04-29 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2010-0427 is rated Exploit Available (50/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.08%). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2010-0427

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2010-0427

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2025-03-17 0.04% 0.08% +0.03%
2 2023-03-07 1.55% 0.04% -1.50%
3 2022-02-04 — 1.55% —

Full EPSS history (3 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2010-0427

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
4.4 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:L)
Requires local access to the target system.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 3.4 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2010-0427

OS Trackers for CVE-2010-0427

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2010-0427 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (sudo), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2010-0427
gentoo high CVE-2010-0427: 1 GLSA(s) (201003-01), 1 atom(s) (app-admin/sudo); latest impact high. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2010-0427
redhat high — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-0427
ubuntu medium CVE-2010-0427 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (sudo), 6 status rows across 6 suites (dapper, hardy, intrepid, jaunty, karmic, upstream): released 4, not-affected 2. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2010-0427

Vendor comments (NVD) for CVE-2010-0427

  • Red Hat (2010-03-02T00:00:00)

    This issue was addressed in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 via: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0122.html It did not affect the versions of the sudo packages as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 and 4.

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2010-0427

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
todd_miller sudo 1.6 cpe:2.3:a:todd_miller:sudo:1.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
todd_miller sudo 1.6.1 cpe:2.3:a:todd_miller:sudo:1.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
todd_miller sudo 1.6.2 cpe:2.3:a:todd_miller:sudo:1.6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
todd_miller sudo 1.6.3 cpe:2.3:a:todd_miller:sudo:1.6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
todd_miller sudo 1.6.3_p1 cpe:2.3:a:todd_miller:sudo:1.6.3_p1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
todd_miller sudo 1.6.3_p2 cpe:2.3:a:todd_miller:sudo:1.6.3_p2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
todd_miller sudo 1.6.3_p3 cpe:2.3:a:todd_miller:sudo:1.6.3_p3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
todd_miller sudo 1.6.3_p4 cpe:2.3:a:todd_miller:sudo:1.6.3_p4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
todd_miller sudo 1.6.3_p5 cpe:2.3:a:todd_miller:sudo:1.6.3_p5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
todd_miller sudo 1.6.3_p6 cpe:2.3:a:todd_miller:sudo:1.6.3_p6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
todd_miller sudo 1.6.3_p7 cpe:2.3:a:todd_miller:sudo:1.6.3_p7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
todd_miller sudo 1.6.4_p1 cpe:2.3:a:todd_miller:sudo:1.6.4_p1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
todd_miller sudo 1.6.4_p2 cpe:2.3:a:todd_miller:sudo:1.6.4_p2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
todd_miller sudo 1.6.5 cpe:2.3:a:todd_miller:sudo:1.6.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
todd_miller sudo 1.6.5_p1 cpe:2.3:a:todd_miller:sudo:1.6.5_p1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
todd_miller sudo 1.6.5_p2 cpe:2.3:a:todd_miller:sudo:1.6.5_p2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
todd_miller sudo 1.6.6 cpe:2.3:a:todd_miller:sudo:1.6.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
todd_miller sudo 1.6.7 cpe:2.3:a:todd_miller:sudo:1.6.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
todd_miller sudo 1.6.7_p5 cpe:2.3:a:todd_miller:sudo:1.6.7_p5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
todd_miller sudo 1.6.8 cpe:2.3:a:todd_miller:sudo:1.6.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
todd_miller sudo 1.6.8_p1 cpe:2.3:a:todd_miller:sudo:1.6.8_p1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
todd_miller sudo 1.6.8_p5 cpe:2.3:a:todd_miller:sudo:1.6.8_p5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
todd_miller sudo 1.6.8_p8 cpe:2.3:a:todd_miller:sudo:1.6.8_p8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
todd_miller sudo 1.6.8_p9 cpe:2.3:a:todd_miller:sudo:1.6.8_p9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
todd_miller sudo 1.6.8_p12 cpe:2.3:a:todd_miller:sudo:1.6.8_p12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
todd_miller sudo 1.6.9_p17 cpe:2.3:a:todd_miller:sudo:1.6.9_p17:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
todd_miller sudo 1.6.9_p18 cpe:2.3:a:todd_miller:sudo:1.6.9_p18:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
todd_miller sudo 1.6.9_p19 cpe:2.3:a:todd_miller:sudo:1.6.9_p19:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2010-0427

URL Tags
ftp://ftp.sudo.ws/pub/sudo/sudo-1.6.9p21.patch.gz Patch
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-03/msg00004.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/38762
http://secunia.com/advisories/38795
http://secunia.com/advisories/38803
http://secunia.com/advisories/38915
http://securitytracker.com/id?1023658
http://sudo.ws/repos/sudo/rev/aa0b6c01c462
http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2010-0075
http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2006
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-201003-01.xml
http://www.gratisoft.us/bugzilla/attachment.cgi?id=255 Exploit
http://www.gratisoft.us/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=349
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
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-905-1
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=567622
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
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