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Vulnerability details: VCID-5e34-h4fw-aaan
Vulnerability ID VCID-5e34-h4fw-aaan
Aliases CVE-2015-5602
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."
Status Published
Exploitability 2.0
Weighted Severity 6.5
Risk 10.0
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (2)
CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls
CWE-59 Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')
System Score Found at
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cvssv2 7.2 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-5602
generic_textual Medium https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/37710/
cvssv3.1 8.8 http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html
generic_textual HIGH http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html
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
http://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/2015/CVE-2015-5602.html
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https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-5602
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201606-13
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
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
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

local

physical

low

high

none

low

high

none

required

unchanged

changed

high

low

none

high

low

none

high

low

none
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.27149
EPSS Score 0.00061
Published At Nov. 1, 2024, midnight
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
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