vulnerability
FreeBSD: VID-2e8cdd36-c3cc-11e5-b5fe-002590263bf5 (CVE-2015-5602): sudo -- potential privilege escalation via symlink misconfiguration
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C) | Jan 26, 2016 | Dec 10, 2025 | Dec 10, 2025 |
Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
Jan 26, 2016
Added
Dec 10, 2025
Modified
Dec 10, 2025
Description
MITRE reports: 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."
Solution
freebsd-upgrade-package-sudo
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