CVE-2015-5602

Public Exploit

Description

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."

Category

7.2
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 6.10% Top 10%
Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory sudo.ws
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://bugzilla.sudo.ws/show_bug.cgi?id=707 issue tracking exploit
http://www.sudo.ws/stable.html#1.8.15 release notes vendor advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034392 vdb entry
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3440 vendor advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201606-13 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-November/171024.html third party advisory vendor advisory
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/37710/ third party advisory exploit
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-November/171054.html third party advisory vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2015-5602?
CVE-2015-5602 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2015-5602?
To fix CVE-2015-5602, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2015-5602 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2015-5602 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~6% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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