CVE-2009-0034 describes a privilege escalation vulnerability in sudo versions 1.6.9p17 through 1.6.9p19, affecting products like gratisoft esx, gratisoft sudo, vmware esx, and vmware sudo. The flaw in parse.c allows local users to gain root privileges by misinterpreting system groups in the sudoers file during authorization. With a CVSS score of 7.8 (High), this vulnerability has a low attack complexity and requires local access, but can lead to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage for this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
1.6.9CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gratisoft:sudo:1.6.9:p17:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.6.9CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gratisoft:sudo:1.6.9:p18:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.6.9CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gratisoft:sudo:1.6.9:p19:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esx:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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