CVE-2015-5602 EXPLOIT
7.2
HIGH · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 1.5% (pctl 73)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
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."
Scoring
| CVSS | 7.2 (HIGH, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
| EPSS | 1.46% — more likely to be exploited than 73% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-264 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2015-11-17 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-17 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| sudo project | sudo |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | Sudo 1.8.14 (RHEL 5/6/7 / Ubuntu) - 'Sudoedit' Unauthorized Privilege Escalation | 2015-07-28 |
References
- 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://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
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201606-13
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/37710/
- 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://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
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201606-13
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/37710/
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