CVE-2005-1831

high

Description

Sudo 1.6.8p7 on SuSE Linux 9.3, and possibly other Linux distributions, allows local users to gain privileges by using sudo to call su, then entering a blank password and hitting CTRL-C. NOTE: SuSE and multiple third-party researchers have not been able to replicate this issue, stating "Sudo catches SIGINT and returns an empty string for the password so I don't see how this could happen unless the user's actual password was empty.

References

http://www.osvdb.org/20417

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=111755694008928&w=2

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2005-05/0359.html

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2005-05/0349.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2005-05-31

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.2

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 8.4

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00109