CVE-2005-1993
Race condition in sudo 1.3.1 up to 1.6.8p8, when the ALL pseudo-command is used after a user entry in the sudoers file, allows local users to gain privileges via a symlink attack.
02 Description
Race condition in sudo 1.3.1 up to 1.6.8p8, when the ALL pseudo-command is used after a user entry in the sudoers file, allows local users to gain privileges via a symlink attack.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 0.39% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 33.6% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2005-06-20 04:00Z21 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 22:06Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2005-06-20
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- No CWE assigned
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 49aa73f8dbbccc7cbc5f4ce15738f6a5b78a2d80df706905d753c9ba96503e79
05 Affected products
06 References
- oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:11341https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11341
- www.securityfocus.com20050620 Sudo version 1.6.8p9 now available, fixes security issue.http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/402741
- secunia.com17813http://secunia.com/advisories/17813
- www.vupen.comADV-2005-2659http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2659
- www.debian.orgDSA-735http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-735
- www.vupen.comADV-2005-0821http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/0821
- www.osvdb.org17396http://www.osvdb.org/17396
- www.redhat.comRHSA-2005:535http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-535.html
- secunia.com15744http://secunia.com/advisories/15744
- www.securityfocus.comFLSA:162750http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/425974/100/0/threaded
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=161116
- docs.info.apple.comAPPLE-SA-2005-11-29http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=302847
- www.securityfocus.com13993http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13993
- www.sudo.wshttp://www.sudo.ws/sudo/alerts/path_race.html
- www.securityfocus.com15647http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15647
- oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:1242https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1242
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comsudo-pathname-race-condition(21080)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/21080
- www.novell.comSUSE-SA:2005:036http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_36_sudo.html
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- sudo Fixed in 1.6.8p9-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- sudo Fixed in 1.6.8p9-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- sudo Fixed in 1.6.8p9-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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