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CVE-2015-5602

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CVE-2015-5602

Published: Nov 17, 2015

Modified: Aug 6, 2024

PUBLISHED

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."

VendorProductVersions

n/a

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affected
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References

1034392
vdb-entry
x_refsource_SECTRACK
DSA-3440
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_DEBIAN
GLSA-201606-13
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_GENTOO
FEDORA-2015-386863df8a
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_FEDORA
37710
exploit
x_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
FEDORA-2015-6a267387c0
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_FEDORA

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