CVE-2015-5602

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    CVE-2015-5602

    Published: 17 Nov 2015Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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."

    References: 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.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, https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/37710/, http://bugzilla.sudo.ws/show_bug.cgi?id=707, http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html, http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034392

    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
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