How severe is CVE-2005-1831?

This vulnerability has a severity rating of HIGH with a CVSS score of 8.4 out of 10.

What type of vulnerability is CVE-2005-1831?

This is classified as NVD-CWE-Other, which is a common weakness in software security.

CVE-2005-1831 - HIGH Severity | CVSS 8.4

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.

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