Access Restriction Bypass The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package sudo  (opens in a new tab)


Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Proof of Concept
EPSS
3.18% (87th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-SUDO-2368602
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed5 Mar 2013
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 5 Mar 2013

CVE-2013-1775  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-863  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade sudo to version 1.7.10p7, 1.8.6p7 or higher.

Amendment

This was deemed not a vulnerability.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Access Restriction Bypass sudo 1.6.0 through 1.7.10p7 and sudo 1.8.0 through 1.8.6p7 allows local users or physically proximate attackers to bypass intended time restrictions and retain privileges without re-authenticating by setting the system clock and sudo user timestamp to the epoch.

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