Vulnerability in Sudo Project
CVE-2015-8239
The SHA-2 digest support in the sudoers plugin in sudo after 1.8.7 allows local users with write permissions to parts of the called command to replace them before it is executed.
Vulnerability class: Race Condition
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.0 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.005 (44.4th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 44th percentile — 44.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.005 · newest: 0.005 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Sudo Project — versions 1.8.8, 1.8.9, 1.8.10
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- www.sudo.ws/repos/sudo/rev/397722cdd7ec (Patch, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
- www.sudo.ws/repos/sudo/rev/0cd3cc8fa195 (Patch, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi (Patch, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/11/18/22 (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- www.sudo.ws/repos/sudo/rev/24a3d9215c64 (Patch, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2015-8239?
- CVE-2015-8239 is a high-severity vulnerability in Sudo Project, classified under Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization (Race Condition). CVSS score: 7.0/10. Published 2017-10-10.
- How severe is CVE-2015-8239?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.0 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2015-8239 known to be exploited?
- 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.