CVE-2019-18684

Sudo through 1.8.29 allows local users to escalate to root if they have write access to file descriptor 3 of the sudo process. This occurs because of a race condition between determining a uid, and the setresuid and openat system calls. The attacker can write "ALL ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD:ALL" to /proc/#####/fd/3 at a time when Sudo is prompting for a password. NOTE: This has been disputed due to the way Linux /proc works. It has been argued that writing to /proc/#####/fd/3 would only be viable if you had permission to write to /etc/sudoers. Even with write permission to /proc/#####/fd/3, it would not help you write to /etc/sudoers
References
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:sudo_project:sudo:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

21 Nov 2024, 04:33

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References () https://gist.github.com/oxagast/51171aa161074188a11d96cbef884bbd - Exploit, Third Party Advisory () https://gist.github.com/oxagast/51171aa161074188a11d96cbef884bbd - Exploit, Third Party Advisory

07 Nov 2023, 03:06

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Summary ** DISPUTED ** Sudo through 1.8.29 allows local users to escalate to root if they have write access to file descriptor 3 of the sudo process. This occurs because of a race condition between determining a uid, and the setresuid and openat system calls. The attacker can write "ALL ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD:ALL" to /proc/#####/fd/3 at a time when Sudo is prompting for a password. NOTE: This has been disputed due to the way Linux /proc works. It has been argued that writing to /proc/#####/fd/3 would only be viable if you had permission to write to /etc/sudoers. Even with write permission to /proc/#####/fd/3, it would not help you write to /etc/sudoers. Sudo through 1.8.29 allows local users to escalate to root if they have write access to file descriptor 3 of the sudo process. This occurs because of a race condition between determining a uid, and the setresuid and openat system calls. The attacker can write "ALL ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD:ALL" to /proc/#####/fd/3 at a time when Sudo is prompting for a password. NOTE: This has been disputed due to the way Linux /proc works. It has been argued that writing to /proc/#####/fd/3 would only be viable if you had permission to write to /etc/sudoers. Even with write permission to /proc/#####/fd/3, it would not help you write to /etc/sudoers

Information

Published : 2019-11-04 16:15

Updated : 2024-11-21 04:33


NVD link : CVE-2019-18684

Mitre link : CVE-2019-18684

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2019-18684


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Products Affected

sudo_project

  • sudo
CWE
CWE-362

Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')