In Sudo before 1.9.12p2, the sudoedit (aka -e) feature mishandles extra arguments passed in the user-provided environment variables (SUDO_EDITOR, VISUAL, and EDITOR), allowing a local attacker to append arbitrary entries to the list of files to process. This can lead to privilege escalation. Affected versions are 1.8.0 through 1.9.12.p1. The problem exists because a user-specified editor may contain a "--" argument that defeats a protection mechanism, e.g., an EDITOR='vim -- /path/to/extra/file' value.
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References | () http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/171644/sudo-1.9.12p1-Privilege-Escalation.html - Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry | |
References | () http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/172509/Sudoedit-Extra-Arguments-Privilege-Escalation.html - Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry | |
References | () http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/174234/Cisco-ThousandEyes-Enterprise-Agent-Virtual-Appliance-Arbitrary-File-Modification.html - Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry | |
References | () http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Aug/21 - Mailing List, Third Party Advisory | |
References | () http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/01/19/1 - Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory | |
References | () https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/01/msg00012.html - Mailing List, Third Party Advisory | |
References | () https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/2QDGFCGAV5QRJCE6IXRXIS4XJHS57DDH/ - Mailing List | |
References | () https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/G4YNBTTKTRT2ME3NTSXAPTOKYUE47XHZ/ - Mailing List | |
References | () https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202305-12 - Third Party Advisory | |
References | () https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230127-0015/ - Third Party Advisory | |
References | () https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213758 - Third Party Advisory | |
References | () https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5321 - Third Party Advisory | |
References | () https://www.sudo.ws/security/advisories/sudoedit_any/ - Exploit, Mitigation, Vendor Advisory | |
References | () https://www.synacktiv.com/sites/default/files/2023-01/sudo-CVE-2023-22809.pdf - Exploit, Mitigation, Technical Description, Third Party Advisory | |
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CPE | cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:36:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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References | (MISC) http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/171644/sudo-1.9.12p1-Privilege-Escalation.html - Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry | |
References | () https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/G4YNBTTKTRT2ME3NTSXAPTOKYUE47XHZ/ - Mailing List | |
References | (MISC) http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/172509/Sudoedit-Extra-Arguments-Privilege-Escalation.html - Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry | |
References | (MISC) http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/174234/Cisco-ThousandEyes-Enterprise-Agent-Virtual-Appliance-Arbitrary-File-Modification.html - Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry | |
References | () https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/2QDGFCGAV5QRJCE6IXRXIS4XJHS57DDH/ - Mailing List | |
References | (GENTOO) https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202305-12 - Third Party Advisory | |
References | (CONFIRM) https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213758 - Third Party Advisory | |
References | (FULLDISC) http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Aug/21 - Mailing List, Third Party Advisory |
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Information
Published : 2023-01-18 17:15
Updated : 2024-11-21 07:45
NVD link : CVE-2023-22809
Mitre link : CVE-2023-22809
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2023-22809
JSON object : View
Products Affected
debian
- debian_linux
fedoraproject
- fedora
sudo_project
- sudo
apple
- macos
CWE
CWE-269
Improper Privilege Management