{
    "id": "CVE-2015-5602",
    "published": "2015-11-17 15:59:10",
    "last_modified": "2026-06-17 00:29:25",
    "cvss_score": "7.2",
    "cvss_severity": "HIGH",
    "cvss_version": "2.0",
    "cvss_vector": "AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C",
    "cwe": "CWE-264",
    "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.\"",
    "epss_score": "0.01458",
    "epss_percentile": "0.72806",
    "kev": 0,
    "kev_due": null,
    "has_exploit": 1,
    "updated_at": "2026-10-11 18:17:13",
    "priority": {
        "rank": 2,
        "label": "Patch early",
        "why": "A public exploit exists."
    },
    "products": [
        {
            "vendor": "sudo_project",
            "product": "sudo"
        }
    ],
    "kev_detail": null,
    "exploits": [
        {
            "source": "exploit-db",
            "ref_id": "37710",
            "title": "Sudo 1.8.14 (RHEL 5/6/7 / Ubuntu) - 'Sudoedit' Unauthorized Privilege Escalation",
            "date": "2015-07-28",
            "url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/37710"
        }
    ],
    "refs_list": [
        "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/"
    ]
}