CVE-2005-1993
N/A
Published: June 20, 2005 at 04:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:14 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorSudo
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.4%
Description
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.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (18)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_APPLE
Source: [email protected]
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=302847Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
Source: [email protected]
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-735Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
Source: [email protected]
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_36_sudo.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
Source: [email protected]
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-535.htmlMailing Listx_refsource_BUGTRAQPatchVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/402741Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
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