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.
References
Link Resource
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-April/039986.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00006.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/39384 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/39399
http://secunia.com/advisories/39474 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/39543
http://secunia.com/advisories/43068
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2010&m=slackware-security.577019
http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2010-0075
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:078
http://www.osvdb.org/63878
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0361.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/510827/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/510846/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/510880/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/514489/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/39468
http://www.sudo.ws/sudo/alerts/sudoedit_escalate2.html
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-928-1
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0881 Vendor Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0895 Vendor Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0904
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0949
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0956
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1019
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0212
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/57836
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9382
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cve-icon MITRE Information

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published: 2010-04-16T19:00:00

Updated: 2018-10-10T18:57:01

Reserved: 2010-03-29T00:00:00


Link: CVE-2010-1163

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cve-icon NVD Information

Status : Modified

Published: 2010-04-16T19:30:00.523

Modified: 2018-10-10T19:55:54.017


Link: CVE-2010-1163

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