ghsa-cxqf-2pgv-vx9p
Vulnerability from github
Published
2022-05-17 03:27
Modified
2025-04-12 12:54
Details

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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  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2015-5602"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [],
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2015-11-17T15:59:00Z",
    "severity": "HIGH"
  },
  "details": "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.\"",
  "id": "GHSA-cxqf-2pgv-vx9p",
  "modified": "2025-04-12T12:54:07Z",
  "published": "2022-05-17T03:27:05Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-5602"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201606-13"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/37710"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://bugzilla.sudo.ws/show_bug.cgi?id=707"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-November/171024.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-November/171054.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3440"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034392"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.sudo.ws/stable.html#1.8.15"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": []
}


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