CVE-2011-0010
check.c in sudo 1.7.x before 1.7.4p5, when a Runas group is configured, does not require a password for command execution that involves a gid change but no uid change, which allows local users to bypass an intended authentication requirement via the -g option to a sudo command.
- EPSS
- 0.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 42% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
- CWE
- CWE-264
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
Affected
- todd_miller:sudo
References
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=609641
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-January/053263.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-January/053341.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00006.html
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/11/3