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."
CVSS Details
- CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 7.8
Covered by Rapid7
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alpine Linux | — | Upgrade sudo | Aug 30, 2017 | Nov 17, 2015 |
| Debian | — | Upgrade sudo | Feb 2, 2016 | Nov 17, 2015 |
| Freebsd | — | Upgrade sudo | Dec 10, 2025 | Jan 26, 2016 |
| Gentoo Linux | — | Upgrade app-admin/sudo. | Oct 30, 2017 | Nov 17, 2015 |
| Oracle Solaris | — | Upgrade security/sudo to version 1.8.15-0.175.3.7.0.1.0 on Solaris 11.3 | May 29, 2017 | Nov 17, 2015 |
| Redhat_linux | — | No solution exists | Jul 9, 2025 | Jul 23, 2015 |
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