CVE-2015-5602

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Summary

CVECVE-2015-5602
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2015-11-17 15:59:00 UTC
Updated2016-12-07 18:17:00 UTC
Descriptionsudoedit 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."

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-264

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Sudo Project Sudo All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Oracle Solaris Bulletin - April 2016 CONFIRM www.oracle.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 22 Update: sudo-1.8.15-1.fc22 FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org Third Party Advisory
Sudo <= 1.8.14 - Unauthorized Privilege EXPLOIT-DB www.exploit-db.com Exploit, Third Party Advisory
Sudo sudoedit Wildcard Processing Bug Lets Local Users Gain Elevated Privileges - SecurityTracker SECTRACK www.securitytracker.com
Bug 707 – Sudoedit unrestricted file access through wildcards CONFIRM bugzilla.sudo.ws Exploit, Issue Tracking
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3440-1 sudo DEBIAN www.debian.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 23 Update: sudo-1.8.15-1.fc23 FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org Third Party Advisory
sudo: Unauthorized privilege escalation in sudoedit (GLSA 201606-13) — Gentoo security GENTOO security.gentoo.org Third Party Advisory
Sudo Stable Release CONFIRM www.sudo.ws Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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