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CVE-2010-1163

Published: Apr 16, 2010Updated: Apr 29, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVD BDUCWE-20
NVD MITRE
6.9CVSSMEDIUM
EPSS Score
0.4%
Top 68.2%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available

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 Vector Breakdown

AV:LAC:MAu:NC:CI:CA:C
Exploitability
AV:LAccess Vector
Local
AC:MAccess Complexity
Medium
Au:NAuthentication
None
Impact
C:CConfidentiality
Complete
I:CIntegrity
Complete
A:CAvailability
Complete
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Weaknesses

CWE-20

Affected Products

sudotodd miller
On-prem
Operating Systems / unix-bsd
n/an/a
Gentoo LinuxGentoo Foundation Inc.
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
todd milleross-projectUSOperating Systemsaka sudo
gentoo foundation inc.oss-projectUSOperating Systems

Attack Graph

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Exploitability

Official Patch Available

MITRE ATT&CK

1 technique
Initial Access
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References

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-April/039986.html
lists.fedoraproject.org
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00006.html
lists.opensuse.org
http://secunia.com/advisories/39384
secunia.com
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Timeline

Published
Apr 16, 2010
Last Updated
Apr 29, 2026

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