CVE-2013-1775

medium
Published 2013-03-05 ยท Modified 2026-04-29
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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not yet in upstream
VIR risk
7.9

Description

sudo 1.6.0 through 1.7.10p6 and sudo 1.8.0 through 1.8.6p6 allows local users or physically proximate attackers to bypass intended time restrictions and retain privileges without re-authenticating by setting the system clock and sudo user timestamp to the epoch.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
90%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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Exploits

Public proof-of-concept code below. AS-IS, for defenders and authorised testing only.

Exploit-DB

EDB-27944 local osx verified
Metasploit ยท 2013-08-29

Apple Mac OSX - Sudo Password Bypass (Metasploit)

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EDB-27965 local osx verified
David Kennedy (ReL1K) ยท 2013-08-30

Apple Mac OSX 10.8.4 - Local Privilege Escalation

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Metasploit modules

Mac OS X Sudo Password Bypass
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OS impact

macos macOS Affected 1 release
VersionStatusFixed in
โ€” Affected โ€”
debian Debian Fixed 5 releases
VersionStatusFixed in
trixie Fixed 1.8.5p2-1+nmu1
sid Fixed 1.8.5p2-1+nmu1
forky Fixed 1.8.5p2-1+nmu1
bullseye Fixed 1.8.5p2-1+nmu1
bookworm Fixed 1.8.5p2-1+nmu1

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
todd_millersudo1.6
todd_millersudo1.6.1
todd_millersudo1.6.2
todd_millersudo1.6.2p3
todd_millersudo1.6.3
todd_millersudo1.6.3_p7
todd_millersudo1.6.4
todd_millersudo1.6.4p2
todd_millersudo1.6.5
todd_millersudo1.6.6
todd_millersudo1.6.7
todd_millersudo1.6.7p5
todd_millersudo1.6.8
todd_millersudo1.6.8p12
todd_millersudo1.6.9
todd_millersudo1.6.9p20
todd_millersudo1.6.9p21
todd_millersudo1.6.9p22
todd_millersudo1.6.9p23
todd_millersudo1.8.0
todd_millersudo1.8.1
todd_millersudo1.8.1p1
todd_millersudo1.8.1p2
todd_millersudo1.8.2
todd_millersudo1.8.3
todd_millersudo1.8.3p1
todd_millersudo1.8.3p2
todd_millersudo1.8.4
todd_millersudo1.8.4p1
todd_millersudo1.8.4p2
todd_millersudo1.8.4p3
todd_millersudo1.8.4p4
todd_millersudo1.8.4p5
todd_millersudo1.8.5
todd_millersudo1.8.5p1
todd_millersudo1.8.5p2
todd_millersudo1.8.5p3
todd_millersudo1.8.6
todd_millersudo1.8.6p1
todd_millersudo1.8.6p2
todd_millersudo1.8.6p3
todd_millersudo1.8.6p4
todd_millersudo1.8.6p5
todd_millersudo1.8.6p6
todd_millersudo1.7.0
todd_millersudo1.7.1
todd_millersudo1.7.2
todd_millersudo1.7.2p1
todd_millersudo1.7.2p2
todd_millersudo1.7.2p3
todd_millersudo1.7.2p4
todd_millersudo1.7.2p5
todd_millersudo1.7.2p6
todd_millersudo1.7.2p7
todd_millersudo1.7.3b1
todd_millersudo1.7.4
todd_millersudo1.7.4p1
todd_millersudo1.7.4p2
todd_millersudo1.7.4p3
todd_millersudo1.7.4p4
todd_millersudo1.7.4p5
todd_millersudo1.7.4p6
todd_millersudo1.7.5
todd_millersudo1.7.6
todd_millersudo1.7.6p1
todd_millersudo1.7.6p2
todd_millersudo1.7.7
todd_millersudo1.7.8
todd_millersudo1.7.8p1
todd_millersudo1.7.8p2
todd_millersudo1.7.9
todd_millersudo1.7.9p1
todd_millersudo1.7.10
todd_millersudo1.7.10p1
todd_millersudo1.7.10p2
todd_millersudo1.7.10p3
todd_millersudo1.7.10p4
todd_millersudo1.7.10p5
todd_millersudo1.7.10p6

References

CWEs

CWE-264

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.