CVE-2021-23239

low-risk
Published 2021-01-12

The sudoedit personality of Sudo before 1.9.5 may allow a local unprivileged user to perform arbitrary directory-existence tests by winning a sudo_edit.c race condition in replacing a user-controlled directory by a symlink to an arbitrary path.

Do I need to act?

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0.15% 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
2
CVSS 2.5/10 Low
LOCAL / HIGH complexity
21
/ 100
low-risk
Severity 6/34 · Minimal
Exploitability 1/34 · Minimal
Exposure 14/34 · Moderate