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CVE-2005-1993
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…
- 3.7LowCVSS base score
- 0.40%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 66% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
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.
Timeline
ID reserved
By redhat
Published
- 19 years later
· 19 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Low3.7 | AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.40% · top 66% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 3.7.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
18
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11341 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- 20050620 Sudo version 1.6.8p9 now available, fixes security issue. (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 17813 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- ADV-2005-2659 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- DSA-735 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- ADV-2005-0821 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 17396 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- RHSA-2005:535 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- 15744 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- FLSA:162750 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=161116 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- APPLE-SA-2005-11-29 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEx_transferred
- 13993 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- http://www.sudo.ws/sudo/alerts/path_race.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 15647 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1242 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- sudo-pathname-race-condition(21080) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- SUSE-SA:2005:036 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2005-1995 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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