CVE-2009-0034
HIGH
7.8
CVSS Score
Published: January 30, 2009 at 07:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 11:04 PM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsESXSudo
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Severity
HIGH7.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.4%
Description
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.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (21)
Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTBroken Link
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2009/000060.htmlThird Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIANot Applicable
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/33753Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIANot Applicable
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/33840Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIANot Applicable
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/33885Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIANot Applicable
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/35766x_refsource_CONFIRMBroken Link
Source: [email protected]
http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0021x_refsource_CONFIRMProductRelease Notes
Source: [email protected]
http://www.gratisoft.us/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=327CVSS
- Attack Vector
- LOCAL
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- LOW
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- HIGH
- Integrity
- HIGH
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-863
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