CVE-2009-0034

7.8 highEPSS 0.4%

High (7.8). EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

parse.c in sudo 1.6.9p17 through 1.6.9p19 does not properly interpret a system group (aka %group) in the sudoers file during authorization decisions for a user who belongs to that group, which allows local users to leverage an applicable sudoers file and gain root privileges via a sudo command.

Severity

CVSS 3.1

7.8 high

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 34% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-863
Published: 2009-01-30
Modified: 2026-06-16
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

gratisoft:sudo
vmware:esx

References

http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2009/000060.html
http://osvdb.org/51736
http://secunia.com/advisories/33753
http://secunia.com/advisories/33840
http://secunia.com/advisories/33885

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