Unable to run sudo su - , throws an error "Permission denied"

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • User is unable to run sudo su -:
 $ sudo su -
 su: failed to execute /usr/bin/: Permission denied

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.9
  • sudo

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