CVE-2013-1776
EPSS 0.05%
Description
sudo 1.3.5 through 1.7.10 and 1.8.0 through 1.8.5, when the tty_tickets option is enabled, does not properly validate the controlling terminal device, which allows local users with sudo permissions to hijack the authorization of another terminal via vectors related to connecting to the standard input, output, and error file descriptors of another terminal. NOTE: this is one of three closely-related vulnerabilities that were originally assigned CVE-2013-1776, but they have been SPLIT because of different affected versions.
How to fix CVE-2013-1776
To remediate CVE-2013-1776, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- —upgrade to 1.8.5p2-1+nmu1 or later
Is CVE-2013-1776 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.1%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (1)
- from 0, < 1.8.5p2-1+nmu1