sudo: arbitrary file write with privileges of the RunAs userDeprecated |
ID: oval:org.secpod.oval:def:86995 | Date: (C)2023-01-19 (M)2024-02-06 |
Class: VULNERABILITY | Family: unix |
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.
Platform: |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 |