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Vulnerability details: VCID-9a7y-2e2u-ebbf
Vulnerability ID VCID-9a7y-2e2u-ebbf
Aliases CVE-2015-5602
Summary sudo is vulnerable to an escalation of privileges via a symlink attack.
Status Published
Exploitability 2.0
Weighted Severity 6.5
Risk 10.0
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (2)
CWE-59 Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')
CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls
System Score Found at
epss 0.05506 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2015-5602
epss 0.05506 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2015-5602
epss 0.05506 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2015-5602
epss 0.05506 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2015-5602
epss 0.05506 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2015-5602
epss 0.05506 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2015-5602
epss 0.05506 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2015-5602
epss 0.05506 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2015-5602
epss 0.05506 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2015-5602
epss 0.05506 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2015-5602
epss 0.05506 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2015-5602
epss 0.05506 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2015-5602
epss 0.05506 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2015-5602
epss 0.05506 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2015-5602
cvssv2 7.2 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-5602
Reference id Reference type URL
http://bugzilla.sudo.ws/show_bug.cgi?id=707
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-November/171024.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-November/171054.html
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2015-5602.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2015-5602
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-5602
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/37710/
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#1.8.15
1277426 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1277426
804149 https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=804149
cpe:2.3:a:sudo_project:sudo:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:sudo_project:sudo:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CVE-2015-5602 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-5602
CVE-2015-5602;OSVDB-125548 Exploit https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/linux/local/37710.txt
GLSA-201606-13 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201606-13
Data source Exploit-DB
Date added July 29, 2015
Description Sudo 1.8.14 (RHEL 5/6/7 / Ubuntu) - 'Sudoedit' Unauthorized Privilege Escalation
Ransomware campaign use Known
Source publication date July 28, 2015
Exploit type local
Platform linux
Source update date June 21, 2017
Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-5602
Exploitability (E) Access Vector (AV) Access Complexity (AC) Authentication (Au) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

high

functional

unproven

proof_of_concept

not_defined

local

adjacent_network

network

high

medium

low

multiple

single

none

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.9019
EPSS Score 0.05506
Published At April 1, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-04-01T13:11:54.557188+00:00 Gentoo Importer Import https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201606-13 38.0.0