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CVE-2015-8239

19
FAUCET Score

CVE-2015-8239 is a vulnerability in the sudoers plugin of sudo versions after 1.8.7, allowing local users with write permissions to modify parts of a command before execution. This high-severity flaw (CVSS 7.0) has a local attack vector and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, but requires high attack complexity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.8.8CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:sudo_project:sudo:1.8.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.8.8CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:sudo_project:sudo:1.8.8:b1:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.8.8CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:sudo_project:sudo:1.8.8:b2:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.8.8CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:sudo_project:sudo:1.8.8:b3:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.8.8CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:sudo_project:sudo:1.8.8:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

7.0HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.0
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.54%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
42.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0054 is in the 81st percentile among its peer group of 1,523 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.4 InfoSec Media, 0.1 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

redhatpatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: sudo

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2015-8239Moderate

sudo: Race condition when checking digests in sudoers

Nov 9, 2015

References

bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
sudo.ws / repos/sudo/rev/0cd3cc8fa195
Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
sudo.ws / repos/sudo/rev/24a3d9215c64
Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
sudo.ws / repos/sudo/rev/397722cdd7ec
Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2015/11/18/22
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory