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CVE-2015-5602
UNKNOWN · CVSS n/a
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2015-11-17T15:59:10.187 · Last modified 2026-06-17T00:29:25.990

Summary

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."

Affected products

sudo_project — sudo

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References

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