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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

VendorProductVersions
Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTSsudo0, 1.8.6p3-0ubuntu3, 1.8.8-2ubuntu1

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
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  • Sep 7, 2023 EPSS Score
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