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CVE-2015-5602

HIGH · CVSS 7.2 EPSS 1.46% Public Exploit

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2015-11-17 · Last synced 2026-08-04

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Public Exploit Signal

A public exploit, PoC, GitHub repository or Metasploit reference was detected for this CVE.

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CVE
CVE-2015-5602
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
7.2
EPSS
1.46%

Original NVD Description

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."