CVE-2005-1831 - CVE House
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Status published Unknown CVE-2005-1831

Sudo 1.6.8p7 on SuSE Linux 9.3, and possibly other Linux...

Vulnerability 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.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

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Credits & Attribution

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Affected Software

sudo
Vulnerable Versions:
1.6.8p7

Timeline

Official Publish: June 2nd, 2005
Last Modified: January 16th, 2025
Added to House: July 18th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

No vector data available

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.