CVE-2015-5602

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Summary

CVECVE-2015-5602
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2015-11-17 15:59:10 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 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

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.2 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-264 | n/a

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 Sudo Project Sudo All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Sudo sudoedit Wildcard Processing Bug Lets Local Users Gain Elevated Privileges - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com
sudo: Unauthorized privilege escalation in sudoedit (GLSA 201606-13) — Gentoo security af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org Third Party Advisory
Sudo <= 1.8.14 - Unauthorized Privilege af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.exploit-db.com Exploit, Third Party Advisory
Sudo Stable Release af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.sudo.ws Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
Bug 707 – Sudoedit unrestricted file access through wildcards af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.sudo.ws Exploit, Issue Tracking
[SECURITY] Fedora 23 Update: sudo-1.8.15-1.fc23 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org Third Party Advisory
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3440-1 sudo af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 22 Update: sudo-1.8.15-1.fc22 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org Third Party Advisory
Oracle Solaris Bulletin - April 2016 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.oracle.com
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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