sudo — security advisory
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.
- Products
- sudo
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 1.7.2p6-1
- CVEs
- CVE-2010-1163
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 22:35 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
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.
osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2010-1163
sudo
Fixed versions: 1.7.2p6-1
sudo
Fixed versions: 1.7.2p6-1
sudo
Fixed versions: 1.7.2p6-1
Complete source record
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