CVE-2015-8239

moderate-risk
Published 2017-10-10

The SHA-2 digest support in the sudoers plugin in sudo after 1.8.7 allows local users with write permissions to parts of the called command to replace them before it is executed.

Do I need to act?

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0.88% chance of exploitation
EPSS score — low exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
7
CVSS 7.0/10 High
LOCAL / HIGH complexity

Affected Products (20)

Affected Vendors

Sudo Project

References (10)

Mailing List http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/11/18/22
Issue Tracking https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1283635
Issue Tracking https://www.sudo.ws/repos/sudo/rev/0cd3cc8fa195
Issue Tracking https://www.sudo.ws/repos/sudo/rev/24a3d9215c64
Issue Tracking https://www.sudo.ws/repos/sudo/rev/397722cdd7ec
Mailing List http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/11/18/22
Issue Tracking https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1283635
Issue Tracking https://www.sudo.ws/repos/sudo/rev/0cd3cc8fa195
Issue Tracking https://www.sudo.ws/repos/sudo/rev/24a3d9215c64
Issue Tracking https://www.sudo.ws/repos/sudo/rev/397722cdd7ec
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/ 100
moderate-risk
Severity 18/34 · Moderate
Exploitability 3/34 · Minimal
Exposure 27/34 · High