CVE-2015-5602

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."

CVSS v2.0 7.2 HIGH

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CVSS v2.0 : HIGH

V2 Legend

Vector : AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 10.0

Access Vector LOCAL

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact COMPLETE

Integrity Impact COMPLETE

Availability Impact COMPLETE

References

Link	Resource
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-November/171024.html	Third Party Advisory
http://www.sudo.ws/stable.html#1.8.15	Release Notes Vendor Advisory
http://bugzilla.sudo.ws/show_bug.cgi?id=707	Exploit Issue Tracking
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-November/171054.html	Third Party Advisory
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/37710/	Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201606-13	Third Party Advisory
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3440
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034392

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:sudo_project:sudo:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Information

Published : 2015-11-17 07:59

Updated : 2016-12-07 10:17

NVD link : CVE-2015-5602

Mitre link : CVE-2015-5602

JSON object : View

CWE

CWE-264

Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

Products Affected

sudo_project

sudo

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