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CVE-2015-5602 Details

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 "/home/*/*/file.txt."

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
http://bugzilla.sudo.ws/show_bug.cgi?id=707 CVEExploitIssue Tracking
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-November/171024.html CVEThird Party Advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-November/171054.html CVEThird Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201606-13 CVEThird Party Advisory
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/37710/ CVEExploitThird Party Advisory

see all 18 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-264Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
sudo project sudo
<= 1.8.14

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:sudo_project:sudo:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

10 change records found show changes

QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2015-5602
NVD Published Date:
Nov 17, 2015
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 17, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2015-5602 Details - Not Deferred