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CVE-2010-2956

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2010-2956 describes a privilege escalation vulnerability in Sudo versions 1.7.0 through 1.7.4p3 when a Runas group is configured. This flaw allows local users to gain root privileges by manipulating the -u and -g options on the command line. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 6.2, indicating high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, but requires high attack complexity and local access. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.7.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:todd_miller:sudo:1.7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.7.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:todd_miller:sudo:1.7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.7.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:todd_miller:sudo:1.7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.7.2p1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:todd_miller:sudo:1.7.2p1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.7.2p2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:todd_miller:sudo:1.7.2p2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

6.2MEDIUM

AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
HIGH
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
1.9
Impact Score
10.0
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.36%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
28.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0036 is in the 42nd percentile among its peer group of 1,595 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: sudo-0:1.7.2p1-8.el5_5
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2010-2956Important

sudo: incorrect handling of RunAs specification with both user and group lists

Sep 7, 2010

References

lists.fedoraproject.org / pipermail/package-announce/2010-September/047516.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2010-09/msg00006.html
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
secunia.com / advisories/40508
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/41316
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/42787
security.gentoo.org / glsa/glsa-201009-03.xml
wiki.rpath.com / Advisories:rPSA-2010-0075
mandriva.com / security/advisories
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2010-0675.html
securityfocus.com / archive/1/514489/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / archive/1/515545/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / bid/43019
securitytracker.com / id
sudo.ws / sudo/alerts/runas_group.html
Vendor Advisory
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-983-1
vmware.com / security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0001.html
vupen.com / english/advisories/2010/2312
vupen.com / english/advisories/2010/2318
vupen.com / english/advisories/2010/2320
vupen.com / english/advisories/2010/2358
vupen.com / english/advisories/2011/0025