CVE - CVE-2015-5602

CVE-ID
CVE-2015-5602	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
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."
References
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EXPLOIT-DB:37710 URL:https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/37710/ CONFIRM:http://bugzilla.sudo.ws/show_bug.cgi?id=707 CONFIRM:http://www.sudo.ws/stable.html#1.8.15 CONFIRM:http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html DEBIAN:DSA-3440 URL:http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3440 FEDORA:FEDORA-2015-386863df8a URL:http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-November/171024.html FEDORA:FEDORA-2015-6a267387c0 URL:http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-November/171054.html GENTOO:GLSA-201606-13 URL:https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201606-13 SECTRACK:1034392 URL:http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034392
Assigning CNA
N/A
Date Entry Created
20150720	Disclaimer: The entry creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20150720)
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Proposed (Legacy)
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