Security readout for executives and security teams
CVE-2005-1993 is a historical sudo local privilege-escalation flaw. On systems running sudo 1.3.1 through 1.6.8p8 with a specific sudoers ordering condition, a local user could abuse a race condition and symlink handling to gain elevated privileges. Exposure is most likely on very old Unix, Linux, or macOS systems still running affected sudo versions or carrying vulnerable legacy packages. Modern systems are unlikely to be affected unless they preserve obsolete sudo builds or appliances. Treat this as important for legacy risk reduction, not as an internet-facing emergency. Prioritize systems where untrusted users have shell access, shared hosting, research environments, or old appliances with sudo installed. Mitigation focus: Inventory sudo versions on legacy systems and appliances.; Upgrade sudo to vendor-fixed packages or sudo 1.6.8p9 or later.; Review sudoers entries using ALL after user-specific entries..
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Source materials
- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11341CVE reference · vdb-entry, signature
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=161116CVE reference · x_refsource_CONFIRM
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1242CVE reference · vdb-entry, signature
- sudo-pathname-race-condition(21080)CVE reference · vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF
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