fkie_cve-2015-5602
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd
Published
2015-11-17 15:59
Modified
2025-04-12 10:46
Severity ?
Summary
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."
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://bugzilla.sudo.ws/show_bug.cgi?id=707Exploit, Issue Tracking
cve@mitre.orghttp://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-November/171024.htmlThird Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-November/171054.htmlThird Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3440
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034392
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.sudo.ws/stable.html#1.8.15Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201606-13Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/37710/Exploit, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://bugzilla.sudo.ws/show_bug.cgi?id=707Exploit, Issue Tracking
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-November/171024.htmlThird Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-November/171054.htmlThird Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3440
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034392
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.sudo.ws/stable.html#1.8.15Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201606-13Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/37710/Exploit, Third Party Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
sudo_project sudo *


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  "configurations": [
    {
      "nodes": [
        {
          "cpeMatch": [
            {
              "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:sudo_project:sudo:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
              "matchCriteriaId": "CBA7856F-199B-4A4A-93EE-353E2BC2C4C5",
              "versionEndIncluding": "1.8.14",
              "vulnerable": true
            }
          ],
          "negate": false,
          "operator": "OR"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "cveTags": [],
  "descriptions": [
    {
      "lang": "en",
      "value": "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.\""
    },
    {
      "lang": "es",
      "value": "sudoedit en Sudo en versiones anteriores a 1.8.15 permite a usuarios locales obtener privilegios a trav\u00e9s de un ataque de enlaces simb\u00f3licos en un archivo cuya totalidad de la ruta se define utilizando m\u00faltiples comodines en /etc/sudoers, seg\u00fan lo demostrado mediante \u0027/home/*/*/file.txt.\u0027"
    }
  ],
  "id": "CVE-2015-5602",
  "lastModified": "2025-04-12T10:46:40.837",
  "metrics": {
    "cvssMetricV2": [
      {
        "acInsufInfo": false,
        "baseSeverity": "HIGH",
        "cvssData": {
          "accessComplexity": "LOW",
          "accessVector": "LOCAL",
          "authentication": "NONE",
          "availabilityImpact": "COMPLETE",
          "baseScore": 7.2,
          "confidentialityImpact": "COMPLETE",
          "integrityImpact": "COMPLETE",
          "vectorString": "AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C",
          "version": "2.0"
        },
        "exploitabilityScore": 3.9,
        "impactScore": 10.0,
        "obtainAllPrivilege": false,
        "obtainOtherPrivilege": false,
        "obtainUserPrivilege": false,
        "source": "nvd@nist.gov",
        "type": "Primary",
        "userInteractionRequired": false
      }
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  },
  "published": "2015-11-17T15:59:10.187",
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  "vulnStatus": "Deferred",
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          "lang": "en",
          "value": "CWE-264"
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  ]
}


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