CVE-2005-1831

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Summary

CVECVE-2005-1831
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2005-05-31 04:00:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC
DescriptionSudo 1.6.8p7 on SuSE Linux 9.3, and possibly other Linux distributions, allows local users to gain privileges by using sudo to call su, then entering a blank password and hitting CTRL-C. NOTE: SuSE and multiple third-party researchers have not been able to replicate this issue, stating "Sudo catches SIGINT and returns an empty string for the password so I don't see how this could happen unless the user's actual password was empty.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.1 8.4 HIGH from ADP

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a | CWE-noinfo Not enough information

VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.1ADPDECLARED8.4HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
3.1134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0Secondary8.4HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
2.0[email protected]Primary7.2AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS v3.1 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Todd Miller Sudo 1.6.8p7 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

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archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2005-05/0359.html af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 archives.neohapsis.com
www.osvdb.org/20417 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.osvdb.org
archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2005-05/0349.html af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 archives.neohapsis.com
'[XNUXER-SECURITY] Root Privilige Escalation in Sudo version 1.6.8p7 without Password, SuSE 9.3' - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info
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