CVE-2013-10052

ZPanel zsudo Local Privilege Escalation

State
Published
Severity
8.5 High
Published
Aug 4, 2025
Updated
Apr 7, 2026
Reserved
Aug 1, 2025

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Description

ZPanel includes a helper binary named zsudo, intended to allow restricted privilege escalation for administrative tasks. However, when misconfigured in /etc/sudoers, zsudo can be invoked by low-privileged users to execute arbitrary commands as root. This flaw enables local attackers with shell access to escalate privileges by writing a payload to a writable directory and executing it via zsudo. The vulnerability is particularly impactful in post-exploitation scenarios following web server compromise, where the attacker inherits access to zsudo.

Scores

CVSSScoreVectorSource
4.08.5 HighCVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:NVulnCheck

Weaknesses

  • CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management

Affected Products

ProductVersions
ZPanelZPanel Project
  • *Affected

References

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