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
Affected Products (7)
Affected Vendors
References (14)
Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202101-33
Third Party Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210129-0010/
Release Notes
https://www.sudo.ws/stable.html#1.9.5
Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202101-33
Third Party Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210129-0010/
Release Notes
https://www.sudo.ws/stable.html#1.9.5
21
/ 100
low-risk
Severity
6/34 · Minimal
Exploitability
1/34 · Minimal
Exposure
14/34 · Moderate