Vulnerability in Sudo Project
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."
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 7.2 (High). Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.015 (72.5th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 72nd percentile — 72.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.015 · newest: 0.015 · change: 0.000
Affected products
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- bugzilla.sudo.ws/show_bug.cgi (Exploit, Issue Tracking)
- www.sudo.ws/stable.html (Release Notes, Vendor Advisory)
- www.securitytracker.com/id/1034392 (vdb-entry)
- www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3440 (vendor-advisory)
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/201606-13 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html
- lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-November/171024.html (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- www.exploit-db.com/exploits/37710/ (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, exploit)
- lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-November/171054.html (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2015-5602?
- CVE-2015-5602 is a vulnerability in Sudo Project, classified under CWE-264. Published 2015-11-17.
- Is CVE-2015-5602 known to be exploited?
- 13 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.