{"id":"UBUNTU-CVE-2015-5602","details":"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.\"","modified":"2025-09-08T16:43:26Z","published":"2015-11-17T15:59:00Z","upstream":["CVE-2015-5602"],"references":[{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-5602"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/37710/"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-5602"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"sudo","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/sudo@1.8.9p5-1ubuntu1.5+esm8?arch=source&distro=esm-infra-legacy/trusty"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"versions":["1.8.6p3-0ubuntu3","1.8.8-2ubuntu1","1.8.8-2ubuntu2","1.8.9p4-1ubuntu1","1.8.9p4-1ubuntu2","1.8.9p5-1ubuntu1","1.8.9p5-1ubuntu1.1","1.8.9p5-1ubuntu1.2","1.8.9p5-1ubuntu1.3","1.8.9p5-1ubuntu1.4","1.8.9p5-1ubuntu1.5+esm1","1.8.9p5-1ubuntu1.5+esm2","1.8.9p5-1ubuntu1.5+esm3","1.8.9p5-1ubuntu1.5+esm5","1.8.9p5-1ubuntu1.5+esm6","1.8.9p5-1ubuntu1.5+esm7","1.8.9p5-1ubuntu1.5+esm8"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_name":"sudo","binary_version":"1.8.9p5-1ubuntu1.5+esm8"},{"binary_name":"sudo-ldap","binary_version":"1.8.9p5-1ubuntu1.5+esm8"}]},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2015/UBUNTU-CVE-2015-5602.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.3","severity":[{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"medium"}]}