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CVE-2015-5602

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."

  • Published: Nov 17, 2015
  • Updated: Apr 13, 2023
  • CVE: CVE-2015-5602
  • Severity: High
  • Exploit:

CVSS v2:

  • Severity: High
  • Score: 7.2
  • AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

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