CVE-2015-5602
sudoedit in Sudo before 1.8.15 allows local users to gain privileges via a symlink attack on a file whose full path is defined using multiple wildcards in /etc/sudoers, as demonstrated by
02 Description
sudoedit in Sudo before 1.8.15 allows local users to gain privileges via a symlink attack on a file whose full path is defined using multiple wildcards in /etc/sudoers, as demonstrated by
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
- 1.51% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 74.3% 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 2026-06-17.
- 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
- 2015-11-17 15:00Z10 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 06:50Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2015-07-20
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- defd1cec42dc51ca4c815c417d19276aca1febf23d2cd57b735fd13ade172a9a
05 Affected products
06 References
- bugzilla.sudo.wshttp://bugzilla.sudo.ws/show_bug.cgi?id=707
- www.sudo.wshttp://www.sudo.ws/stable.html#1.8.15
- www.securitytracker.com1034392http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034392
- www.debian.orgDSA-3440http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3440
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-201606-13https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201606-13
- www.oracle.comhttp://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2015-386863df8ahttp://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-November/171024.html
- www.exploit-db.com37710https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/37710/
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2015-6a267387c0http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-November/171054.html
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- sudo Fixed in 1.8.15-1.1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- sudo Fixed in 1.8.15-1.1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- sudo Fixed in 1.8.15-1.1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS
- sudo No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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