Description
The command matching functionality in sudo 1.6.8 through 1.7.2p5 does not properly handle when a file in the current working directory has the same name as a pseudo-command in the sudoers file and the PATH contains an entry for ".", which allows local users to execute arbitrary commands via a Trojan horse executable, as demonstrated using sudoedit, a different vulnerability than CVE-2010-0426.
CVSS Metrics
- Vector
- AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- Access Vector
- local
- Access Cmplx
- medium
- Auth
- none
- Confidentiality
- complete
- Integrity
- complete
- Availability
- complete
- Weaknesses
- CWE-20
Metadata
- Primary Vendor
- TODD_MILLER
- Published
- 4/16/2010
- Last Modified
- 4/11/2025
- Source
- NIST NVD
- Note: Verify all details with official vendor sources before applying patches.
Affected Products
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