CVE-2009-0034 Privilege escalation in n/a
Local users can gain root privileges due to improper group interpretation in sudoers authorization decisions.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2009-0034?
CVE-2009-0034 is a high-severity vulnerability in Vmware Esx, published on 30 Jan 2009. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
parse.c in sudo 1.6.9p17 through 1.6.9p19 does not properly interpret a system group (aka %group) in the sudoers file during authorization decisions for a user who belongs to that group, which allows local users to leverage an applicable sudoers file and gain root privileges via a sudo command.
Weakness: CWE-863
Which versions are affected by CVE-2009-0034?
It affects 2 products.
Linux distribution packages (4)
sudo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client | All versions | 0:1.6.9p17-3.el5_3.1 |
sudo-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client | All versions | 0:1.6.9p17-3.el5_3.1 |
sudo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server | All versions | 0:1.6.9p17-3.el5_3.1 |
sudo-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server | All versions | 0:1.6.9p17-3.el5_3.1 |
Products include Gratisoft Sudo, Vmware Esx.
How do I fix CVE-2009-0034?
Apply the vendor's patch.
Is CVE-2009-0034 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2009-0034 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2009-0034, GHSA-4x95-346p-g442, RHSA-2009:0267.