CVE-2015-8239
The SHA-2 digest support in the sudoers plugin in sudo after 1.8.7 allows local users with write permissions to parts of the called command to replace them before it is executed.
02 Description
The SHA-2 digest support in the sudoers plugin in sudo after 1.8.7 allows local users with write permissions to parts of the called command to replace them before it is executed.
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
- 0.54% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 45.2% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 7.0 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- 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
- 2017-10-10 16:00Z9 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 08:13Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2015-11-18
- 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
- a93542e5135c63224a5467d745ab2f09a762de7a3ac4414f9b2874b4440f10c5
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.sudo.wshttps://www.sudo.ws/repos/sudo/rev/397722cdd7ec
- www.sudo.wshttps://www.sudo.ws/repos/sudo/rev/0cd3cc8fa195
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1283635
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20151118 Re: race condition checking digests/checksums in sudoershttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/11/18/22
- www.sudo.wshttps://www.sudo.ws/repos/sudo/rev/24a3d9215c64
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- sudo Fixed in 1.8.17p1-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- sudo Fixed in 1.8.17p1-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- sudo Fixed in 1.8.17p1-1
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.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.