VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2015-5602
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."
HIGH 7.2EPSS 1.46%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.46%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
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."
- CVSS 2.0
- 7.2 HIGHAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 1.46% probability · 72th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-264
- Affected
- sudo project/sudo
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://bugzilla.sudo.ws/show_bug.cgi?id=707Exploit, Issue Tracking
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-November/171024.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-November/171054.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3440
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034392
- http://www.sudo.ws/stable.html#1.8.15Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201606-13Third Party Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/37710/Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- http://bugzilla.sudo.ws/show_bug.cgi?id=707Exploit, Issue Tracking
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-November/171024.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-November/171054.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3440
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034392
- http://www.sudo.ws/stable.html#1.8.15Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201606-13Third Party Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/37710/Exploit, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.