{"cve":"CVE-2015-5602","nvd":{"published":"2015-11-17T15:59:10.187","modified":"2026-06-17T00:29:25.990","status":"Modified","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.\"","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":["CWE-264"],"references":["http://bugzilla.sudo.ws/show_bug.cgi?id=707","http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-November/171024.html","http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-November/171054.html","http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3440","http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html"],"products":["sudo_project:sudo"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T20:37:45.466985407+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2015-5602","score":0.01516,"percentile":0.74526,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}