VDB
CVE-2015-5602
CVE-2015-5602
PUBLISHED
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."
EPSS 5.51% · 90.4th percentile
Risk Scores
EPSS Score
5.51%
90.4th percentile
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS | sudo | 0, 1.8.6p3-0ubuntu3, 1.8.8-2ubuntu1 |
Exploit Intelligence
- Sudo <= 1.8.14 Local Privilege Escalation and vulnerable container (github-poc-repo)
- Sudo <= 1.8.14 Local Privilege Escalation and vulnerable container (github-poc-repo)
- Sudo <= 1.8.14 Local Privilege Escalation and vulnerable container (github-poc-repo)
- Sudo <= 1.8.14 Local Privilege Escalation and vulnerable container (github-poc-repo)
- Sudo <= 1.8.14 Local Privilege Escalation and vulnerable container (github-poc-repo)
- Sudo <= 1.8.14 Local Privilege Escalation and vulnerable container (github-poc-repo)
- cve-2015-5602 (github-poc-repo)
- cve-2015-5602 (github-poc-repo)
- cve-2015-5602 (github-poc-repo)
- cve-2015-5602 (github-poc-repo)
…and 16 more exploits
Timeline
- Jul 29, 2015 PoC Published
- Nov 17, 2015 CVE Published
- Feb 4, 2022 EPSS Score
- Mar 29, 2022 EPSS Score
- Jul 12, 2022 EPSS Score
- Sep 3, 2022 EPSS Score
- Oct 26, 2022 EPSS Score
- Feb 8, 2023 EPSS Score
- Mar 7, 2023 EPSS Score
- Apr 2, 2023 EPSS Score
- May 25, 2023 EPSS Score
- Sep 7, 2023 EPSS Score
References
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-5602 third-party-advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/37710/ third-party-advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-5602 third-party-advisory