CVE-2013-10052
ZPanel zsudo Local Privilege Escalation
Vexday Risk Score
36Attention
SSVC decision (CISA)
Attend
PoC available → attend closely
CVSS 8.5EPSS 0.3%KEV nãoPoC —Nuclei —Metasploit simPatch —
Lifecycle
07 Jun 2013Metasploit module available
04 Aug 2025Published on NVD
Recommendation: Plan a near-term fix — a public PoC already exists.
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.
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Affected products
ZPanel Project · ZPanel