Description
Sudo 1.6.8p7 on SuSE Linux 9.3, and possibly other Linux distributions, allows local users to gain privileges by using sudo to call su, then entering a blank password and hitting CTRL-C. NOTE: SuSE and multiple third-party researchers have not been able to replicate this issue, stating "Sudo catches SIGINT and returns an empty string for the password so I don't see how this could happen unless the user's actual password was empty.
Published: 2005-06-02
Score: 8.4 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 8.4, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


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Todd Miller Sudo
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2025-01-16T19:09:52.691Z

Reserved: 2005-06-02T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2005-1831

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-07T22:06:57.739Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2005-05-31T04:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-2005-1831

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