CVE-2010-2956

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.2 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2010-09-10 · updated 2026-06-16

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.

Affected products

Todd Miller Sudo: 1.7.0, 1.7.1, 1.7.2, 1.7.2p1, 1.7.2p2, 1.7.2p3 (+9)

References

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-September/047516.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-09/msg00006.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/40508
http://secunia.com/advisories/41316
http://secunia.com/advisories/42787
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201009-03.xml
http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2010-0075
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:175
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0675.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/514489/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/515545/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/43019

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