CVE-2010-1163 Information

Description

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.

Reference

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 http://secunia.com/advisories/39399 http://secunia.com/advisories/39474 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 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0895 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/oval3Aorg.mitre.oval3Adef3A9382