{"cve":"CVE-2010-0426","nvd":{"published":"2010-02-24T18:30:00.627","modified":"2026-06-16T23:16:08.997","status":"Modified","description":"sudo 1.6.x before 1.6.9p21 and 1.7.x before 1.7.2p4, when a pseudo-command is enabled, permits a match between the name of the pseudo-command and the name of an executable file in an arbitrary directory, which allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted executable file, as demonstrated by a file named sudoedit in a user's home directory.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":["CWE-264"],"references":["ftp://ftp.sudo.ws/pub/sudo/sudo-1.6.9p21.patch.gz","http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=570737","http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-May/040578.html","http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-May/040588.html","http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-03/msg00004.html"],"products":["todd_miller:sudo"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T19:55:32.599380760+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2010-0426","score":0.01082,"percentile":0.65178,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}