CVE-2005-1993 Affecting sudo package, versions [1.6.3_p1,1.6.8]


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.06% (30th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-SUDO-2368600
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed20 Jun 2005
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 20 Jun 2005

CVE-2005-1993  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for sudo.

Overview

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.

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