CVE-2005-1993

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    CVE-2005-1993

    Published: 20 Jun 2005Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: Race condition in sudo 1.3.1 up to 1.6.8p8, when the ALL pseudo-command is used after a user entry in the sudoers file, allows local users to gain privileges via a symlink attack.

    References: http://secunia.com/advisories/15744, http://secunia.com/advisories/17813, http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-735, http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_36_sudo.html, http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/402741, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/0821, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2659, http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/402741, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=161116, http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=302847, http://www.osvdb.org/17396, http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-535.html, http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/425974/100/0/threaded, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13993, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15647, http://www.sudo.ws/sudo/alerts/path_race.html, https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/21080, https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11341, https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1242

    Affected packages

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High