CVE-2010-0426: Todd Miller Sudo

Medium severity, CVSS 6.9. EPSS: 1.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Affected products

• Todd Miller Sudo: version 1.6 only; version 1.6.1 only; version 1.6.2 only; version 1.6.3 only; version 1.6.3_p1 only; version 1.6.3_p2 only; …

Published 2010-02-24. Last modified 2026-06-16.