CVE-2005-1993

Severity: low (CVSS 3.7 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2005-06-20 · updated 2026-06-16

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 products

Todd Miller Sudo: 1.3.1, 1.5.6, 1.5.7, 1.5.8, 1.5.9, 1.6 (+23)

References

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=302847
http://secunia.com/advisories/15744
http://secunia.com/advisories/17813
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-735
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_36_sudo.html
http://www.osvdb.org/17396
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-535.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/402741
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/425974/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13993
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15647
http://www.sudo.ws/sudo/alerts/path_race.html

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