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CVE-2005-1993

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Description

Race condition in sudo 1.3.1 up to 1.6.8p8, when the ALL pseudo-command is used after a user entry in the sudoers file, allows local users to gain privileges via a symlink attack.

References

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1242

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11341

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/21080

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=161116

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2659

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/0821

http://www.sudo.ws/sudo/alerts/path_race.html

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15647

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13993

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/425974/100/0/threaded

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/402741

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-535.html

http://www.osvdb.org/17396

http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_36_sudo.html

http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-735

http://secunia.com/advisories/17813

http://secunia.com/advisories/15744

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=302847

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2005-06-20

Updated: 2025-04-03

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 3.7

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

Severity: Low

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.0007

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