CVE-2005-4890 describes a tty hijacking vulnerability in shadow 4.x before 4.1.5 and sudo 1.x before 1.7.4, affecting Debian, Red Hat, and sudo_project. An attacker can escape a user session to the parent session by manipulating the input buffer using the TIOCSTI ioctl. This vulnerability carries a high CVSS score of 7.8, indicating high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, with a local attack vector and low attack complexity. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 4.0.0, <= 4.1.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:debian:shadow:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 1.3.0, <= 1.7.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:sudo_project:sudo:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
9.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
10.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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