CVE-2005-1831

Published May 31, 2005

Last updated 3 months ago

Overview

Description
Sudo 1.6.8p7 on SuSE Linux 9.3, and possibly other Linux distributions, allows local users to gain privileges by using sudo to call su, then entering a blank password and hitting CTRL-C. NOTE: SuSE and multiple third-party researchers have not been able to replicate this issue, stating "Sudo catches SIGINT and returns an empty string for the password so I don't see how this could happen unless the user's actual password was empty.
Source
cve@mitre.org
NVD status
Modified
CNA Tags
disputed

Risk scores

CVSS 3.1

Type
Secondary
Base score
8.4
Impact score
5.9
Exploitability score
2.5
Vector string
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Severity
HIGH

CVSS 2.0

Type
Primary
Base score
7.2
Impact score
10
Exploitability score
3.9
Vector string
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov
NVD-CWE-Other

Social media

Hype score
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