CVE-2005-1831

HighCVSS 8.4/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 8.4/10CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected software

VendorProductVersions
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References

Timeline

Published
May 31, 2005
Last modified
Jun 16, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2005-1831: High severity, CVSS 8.4 | Vulnix