CVE-2015-5602
Published Nov 17, 2015
Last updated 8 years ago
Overview
- 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."
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
- NVD status
- Modified
Risk scores
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
- CWE-264
Social media
- Hype score
- Not currently trending
Configurations
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"negate": false,
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"criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:sudo_project:sudo:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
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"matchCriteriaId": "CBA7856F-199B-4A4A-93EE-353E2BC2C4C5",
"versionEndIncluding": "1.8.14"
}
],
"operator": "OR"
}
]
}
]