CVE-2005-1993

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Summary

CVECVE-2005-1993
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2005-06-20 04:00:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC
DescriptionRace 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 3.7 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
High
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Todd Miller Sudo 1.3.1 All All All
Application Todd Miller Sudo 1.5.6 All All All
Application Todd Miller Sudo 1.5.7 All All All
Application Todd Miller Sudo 1.5.8 All All All
Application Todd Miller Sudo 1.5.9 All All All
Application Todd Miller Sudo 1.6 All All All
Application Todd Miller Sudo 1.6.1 All All All
Application Todd Miller Sudo 1.6.2 All All All
Application Todd Miller Sudo 1.6.3 All All All
Application Todd Miller Sudo 1.6.3_p1 All All All
Application Todd Miller Sudo 1.6.3_p2 All All All
Application Todd Miller Sudo 1.6.3_p3 All All All
Application Todd Miller Sudo 1.6.3_p4 All All All
Application Todd Miller Sudo 1.6.3_p5 All All All
Application Todd Miller Sudo 1.6.3_p6 All All All
Application Todd Miller Sudo 1.6.3_p7 All All All
Application Todd Miller Sudo 1.6.4 All All All
Application Todd Miller Sudo 1.6.4_p1 All All All
Application Todd Miller Sudo 1.6.4_p2 All All All
Application Todd Miller Sudo 1.6.5 All All All
Application Todd Miller Sudo 1.6.5_p1 All All All
Application Todd Miller Sudo 1.6.5_p2 All All All
Application Todd Miller Sudo 1.6.6 All All All
Application Todd Miller Sudo 1.6.7 All All All
Application Todd Miller Sudo 1.6.7_p5 All All All
Application Todd Miller Sudo 1.6.8 All All All
Application Todd Miller Sudo 1.6.8_p1 All All All
Application Todd Miller Sudo 1.6.8_p7 All All All
Application Todd Miller Sudo 1.6.8_p8 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Secunia - Advisories - Mac OS X Security Update Fixes Multiple Vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
161116 – CAN-2005-1993 sudo trusted user arbitrary command execution af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org
About Security Update 2005-009 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 docs.info.apple.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-735-1 sudo af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Todd Miller Sudo Local Race Condition Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Security Announcement af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.novell.com
Webmail - OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
www.osvdb.org/17396 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.osvdb.org
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
Secunia - Advisories - Sudo Arbitrary Command Execution Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Race condition in Sudo's pathname validation af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.sudo.ws
RETIRED: Apple Mac OS X Security Update 2005-009 Multiple Vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
rhn.redhat.com | Red Hat Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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