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CVE-2005-1993

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2005-1993 describes a race condition vulnerability in sudo versions 1.3.1 through 1.6.8p8. This flaw allows local users to gain elevated privileges through a symlink attack when the "ALL" pseudo-command is used after a user entry in the sudoers file. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 3.7, indicating low severity with a local attack vector, high attack complexity, and potential for partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.3.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:todd_miller:sudo:1.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.5.6CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:todd_miller:sudo:1.5.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.5.7CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:todd_miller:sudo:1.5.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.5.8CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:todd_miller:sudo:1.5.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.5.9CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:todd_miller:sudo:1.5.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

3.7LOW

AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
HIGH
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
1.9
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.40%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
32.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0040 is in the 74th percentile among its peer group of 747 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3Fixed in: sudo-0:1.6.7p5-1.1
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4Fixed in: sudo-0:1.6.7p5-30.1.1
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2005-1993Moderate

security flaw

Jun 20, 2005

References

docs.info.apple.com / article.html
bugzilla.redhat.com / bugzilla/show_bug.cgi
secunia.com / advisories/15744
secunia.com / advisories/17813
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/21080
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11341
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1242
debian.org / security/2005/dsa-735
novell.com / linux/security/advisories/2005_36_sudo.html
osvdb.org / 17396
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2005-535.html
securityfocus.com / archive/1/402741
PatchVendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / archive/1/425974/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / bid/13993
securityfocus.com / bid/15647
sudo.ws / sudo/alerts/path_race.html
vupen.com / english/advisories/2005/0821
vupen.com / english/advisories/2005/2659