CVE-2023-22809

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.
References
Link Resource
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/171644/sudo-1.9.12p1-Privilege-Escalation.html Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/172509/Sudoedit-Extra-Arguments-Privilege-Escalation.html Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/174234/Cisco-ThousandEyes-Enterprise-Agent-Virtual-Appliance-Arbitrary-File-Modification.html Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Aug/21 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/01/19/1 Exploit Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/01/msg00012.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/2QDGFCGAV5QRJCE6IXRXIS4XJHS57DDH/ Mailing List
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/G4YNBTTKTRT2ME3NTSXAPTOKYUE47XHZ/ Mailing List
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202305-12 Third Party Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230127-0015/ Third Party Advisory
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213758 Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5321 Third Party Advisory
https://www.sudo.ws/security/advisories/sudoedit_any/ Exploit Mitigation Vendor Advisory
https://www.synacktiv.com/sites/default/files/2023-01/sudo-CVE-2023-22809.pdf Exploit Mitigation Technical Description Third Party Advisory
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/171644/sudo-1.9.12p1-Privilege-Escalation.html Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/172509/Sudoedit-Extra-Arguments-Privilege-Escalation.html Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/174234/Cisco-ThousandEyes-Enterprise-Agent-Virtual-Appliance-Arbitrary-File-Modification.html Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Aug/21 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/01/19/1 Exploit Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/01/msg00012.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/2QDGFCGAV5QRJCE6IXRXIS4XJHS57DDH/ Mailing List
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/G4YNBTTKTRT2ME3NTSXAPTOKYUE47XHZ/ Mailing List
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202305-12 Third Party Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230127-0015/ Third Party Advisory
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213758 Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5321 Third Party Advisory
https://www.sudo.ws/security/advisories/sudoedit_any/ Exploit Mitigation Vendor Advisory
https://www.synacktiv.com/sites/default/files/2023-01/sudo-CVE-2023-22809.pdf Exploit Mitigation Technical Description Third Party Advisory
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR cpe:2.3:a:sudo_project:sudo:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:sudo_project:sudo:1.9.12:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:sudo_project:sudo:1.9.12:p1:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 (hide)

OR cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 3 (hide)

OR cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:36:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:37:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 4 (hide)

cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

21 Nov 2024, 07:45

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References () http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/171644/sudo-1.9.12p1-Privilege-Escalation.html - Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry () 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 () 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 () 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 () 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 () 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 () 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 () 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 () 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 () https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202305-12 - Third Party Advisory
References () https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230127-0015/ - Third Party Advisory () https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230127-0015/ - Third Party Advisory
References () https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213758 - Third Party Advisory () https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213758 - Third Party Advisory
References () https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5321 - Third Party Advisory () https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5321 - Third Party Advisory
References () https://www.sudo.ws/security/advisories/sudoedit_any/ - Exploit, Mitigation, Vendor Advisory () 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 () https://www.synacktiv.com/sites/default/files/2023-01/sudo-CVE-2023-22809.pdf - Exploit, Mitigation, Technical Description, Third Party Advisory
Summary
  • (es) En Sudo anterior a 1.9.12p2, la función sudoedit (también conocida como -e) maneja mal argumentos adicionales pasados en las variables de entorno proporcionadas por el usuario (SUDO_EDITOR, VISUAL y EDITOR), permitiendo a un atacante local agregar entradas arbitrarias a la lista de archivos para procesar. . Esto puede conducir a una escalada de privilegios. Las versiones afectadas son 1.8.0 a 1.9.12.p1. El problema existe porque un editor especificado por el usuario puede contener un argumento "--" que anula un mecanismo de protección, por ejemplo, un valor EDITOR='vim -- /path/to/extra/file'.

17 Nov 2023, 19:32

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time Apple macos
Apple
CPE cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:36:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
References (MISC) http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/171644/sudo-1.9.12p1-Privilege-Escalation.html - (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/ - () 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 - (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 - (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/ - () https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/2QDGFCGAV5QRJCE6IXRXIS4XJHS57DDH/ - Mailing List
References (GENTOO) https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202305-12 - (GENTOO) https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202305-12 - Third Party Advisory
References (CONFIRM) https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213758 - (CONFIRM) https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213758 - Third Party Advisory
References (FULLDISC) http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Aug/21 - (FULLDISC) http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Aug/21 - Mailing List, Third Party Advisory

07 Nov 2023, 04:07

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  • () https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/G4YNBTTKTRT2ME3NTSXAPTOKYUE47XHZ/ -
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06 Sep 2023, 08:15

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References
  • (CONFIRM) https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213758 -

18 Aug 2023, 17:15

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References
  • (MISC) http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/174234/Cisco-ThousandEyes-Enterprise-Agent-Virtual-Appliance-Arbitrary-File-Modification.html -

17 Aug 2023, 22:15

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References
  • (FULLDISC) http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Aug/21 -

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


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Products Affected

debian

  • debian_linux

fedoraproject

  • fedora

sudo_project

  • sudo

apple

  • macos
CWE
CWE-269

Improper Privilege Management