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."
Published: 2015-11-17
Score: 7.2 High
EPSS: 5.5% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-382-1 sudo security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-3440-1 sudo security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2015-5556 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."
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Sudo Project Sudo
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T06:50:03.159Z

Reserved: 2015-07-20T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2015-5602

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2015-11-17T15:59:10.187

Modified: 2025-04-12T10:46:40.837

Link: CVE-2015-5602

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2015-07-23T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2015-5602 - Bugzilla

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