CVE-2005-1993

Severity Score

7.0

*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

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.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

High

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

High

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Partial

Integrity

Partial

Availability

Partial

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2005-06-20 CVE Reserved
2005-06-20 CVE Published
2024-08-07 CVE Updated
2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CAPEC

References (20)

URL	Tag	Source
http://secunia.com/advisories/15744	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/17813	Third Party Advisory
http://www.osvdb.org/17396	Vdb Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13993	Vdb Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15647	Vdb Entry
http://www.sudo.ws/sudo/alerts/path_race.html	X_refsource_confirm
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/0821	Vdb Entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2659	Vdb Entry
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=161116	X_refsource_confirm
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/21080	Vdb Entry
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11341	Signature
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1242	Signature

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/402741	2018-10-19

URL	Date	SRC
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=302847	2018-10-19
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-735	2018-10-19
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_36_sudo.html	2018-10-19
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-535.html	2018-10-19
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/425974/100/0/threaded	2018-10-19
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2005-1993	2005-06-29
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1617680	2005-06-29

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Todd Miller Search vendor "Todd Miller"		Sudo Search vendor "Todd Miller" for product "Sudo"				1.3.1 Search vendor "Todd Miller" for product "Sudo" and version "1.3.1"		-		Affected
Todd Miller Search vendor "Todd Miller"		Sudo Search vendor "Todd Miller" for product "Sudo"				1.5.6 Search vendor "Todd Miller" for product "Sudo" and version "1.5.6"		-		Affected
Todd Miller Search vendor "Todd Miller"		Sudo Search vendor "Todd Miller" for product "Sudo"				1.5.7 Search vendor "Todd Miller" for product "Sudo" and version "1.5.7"		-		Affected
Todd Miller Search vendor "Todd Miller"		Sudo Search vendor "Todd Miller" for product "Sudo"				1.5.8 Search vendor "Todd Miller" for product "Sudo" and version "1.5.8"		-		Affected
Todd Miller Search vendor "Todd Miller"		Sudo Search vendor "Todd Miller" for product "Sudo"				1.5.9 Search vendor "Todd Miller" for product "Sudo" and version "1.5.9"		-		Affected
Todd Miller Search vendor "Todd Miller"		Sudo Search vendor "Todd Miller" for product "Sudo"				1.6 Search vendor "Todd Miller" for product "Sudo" and version "1.6"		-		Affected
Todd Miller Search vendor "Todd Miller"		Sudo Search vendor "Todd Miller" for product "Sudo"				1.6.1 Search vendor "Todd Miller" for product "Sudo" and version "1.6.1"		-		Affected
Todd Miller Search vendor "Todd Miller"		Sudo Search vendor "Todd Miller" for product "Sudo"				1.6.2 Search vendor "Todd Miller" for product "Sudo" and version "1.6.2"		-		Affected
Todd Miller Search vendor "Todd Miller"		Sudo Search vendor "Todd Miller" for product "Sudo"				1.6.3 Search vendor "Todd Miller" for product "Sudo" and version "1.6.3"		-		Affected
Todd Miller Search vendor "Todd Miller"		Sudo Search vendor "Todd Miller" for product "Sudo"				1.6.3_p1 Search vendor "Todd Miller" for product "Sudo" and version "1.6.3_p1"		-		Affected
Todd Miller Search vendor "Todd Miller"		Sudo Search vendor "Todd Miller" for product "Sudo"				1.6.3_p2 Search vendor "Todd Miller" for product "Sudo" and version "1.6.3_p2"		-		Affected
Todd Miller Search vendor "Todd Miller"		Sudo Search vendor "Todd Miller" for product "Sudo"				1.6.3_p3 Search vendor "Todd Miller" for product "Sudo" and version "1.6.3_p3"		-		Affected
Todd Miller Search vendor "Todd Miller"		Sudo Search vendor "Todd Miller" for product "Sudo"				1.6.3_p4 Search vendor "Todd Miller" for product "Sudo" and version "1.6.3_p4"		-		Affected
Todd Miller Search vendor "Todd Miller"		Sudo Search vendor "Todd Miller" for product "Sudo"				1.6.3_p5 Search vendor "Todd Miller" for product "Sudo" and version "1.6.3_p5"		-		Affected
Todd Miller Search vendor "Todd Miller"		Sudo Search vendor "Todd Miller" for product "Sudo"				1.6.3_p6 Search vendor "Todd Miller" for product "Sudo" and version "1.6.3_p6"		-		Affected
Todd Miller Search vendor "Todd Miller"		Sudo Search vendor "Todd Miller" for product "Sudo"				1.6.3_p7 Search vendor "Todd Miller" for product "Sudo" and version "1.6.3_p7"		-		Affected
Todd Miller Search vendor "Todd Miller"		Sudo Search vendor "Todd Miller" for product "Sudo"				1.6.4 Search vendor "Todd Miller" for product "Sudo" and version "1.6.4"		-		Affected
Todd Miller Search vendor "Todd Miller"		Sudo Search vendor "Todd Miller" for product "Sudo"				1.6.4_p1 Search vendor "Todd Miller" for product "Sudo" and version "1.6.4_p1"		-		Affected
Todd Miller Search vendor "Todd Miller"		Sudo Search vendor "Todd Miller" for product "Sudo"				1.6.4_p2 Search vendor "Todd Miller" for product "Sudo" and version "1.6.4_p2"		-		Affected
Todd Miller Search vendor "Todd Miller"		Sudo Search vendor "Todd Miller" for product "Sudo"				1.6.5 Search vendor "Todd Miller" for product "Sudo" and version "1.6.5"		-		Affected
Todd Miller Search vendor "Todd Miller"		Sudo Search vendor "Todd Miller" for product "Sudo"				1.6.5_p1 Search vendor "Todd Miller" for product "Sudo" and version "1.6.5_p1"		-		Affected
Todd Miller Search vendor "Todd Miller"		Sudo Search vendor "Todd Miller" for product "Sudo"				1.6.5_p2 Search vendor "Todd Miller" for product "Sudo" and version "1.6.5_p2"		-		Affected
Todd Miller Search vendor "Todd Miller"		Sudo Search vendor "Todd Miller" for product "Sudo"				1.6.6 Search vendor "Todd Miller" for product "Sudo" and version "1.6.6"		-		Affected
Todd Miller Search vendor "Todd Miller"		Sudo Search vendor "Todd Miller" for product "Sudo"				1.6.7 Search vendor "Todd Miller" for product "Sudo" and version "1.6.7"		-		Affected
Todd Miller Search vendor "Todd Miller"		Sudo Search vendor "Todd Miller" for product "Sudo"				1.6.7_p5 Search vendor "Todd Miller" for product "Sudo" and version "1.6.7_p5"		-		Affected
Todd Miller Search vendor "Todd Miller"		Sudo Search vendor "Todd Miller" for product "Sudo"				1.6.8 Search vendor "Todd Miller" for product "Sudo" and version "1.6.8"		-		Affected
Todd Miller Search vendor "Todd Miller"		Sudo Search vendor "Todd Miller" for product "Sudo"				1.6.8_p1 Search vendor "Todd Miller" for product "Sudo" and version "1.6.8_p1"		-		Affected
Todd Miller Search vendor "Todd Miller"		Sudo Search vendor "Todd Miller" for product "Sudo"				1.6.8_p7 Search vendor "Todd Miller" for product "Sudo" and version "1.6.8_p7"		-		Affected
Todd Miller Search vendor "Todd Miller"		Sudo Search vendor "Todd Miller" for product "Sudo"				1.6.8_p8 Search vendor "Todd Miller" for product "Sudo" and version "1.6.8_p8"		-		Affected