CVE
CVE-2023-22809
| CVE ID |
CVE-2023-22809
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|---|---|
| CVSS Score |
7.8
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| Operating System | |
| Affected Versions |
CentOS 6
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| Patched Versions |
1.8.6p3-29_ol002.el6.3
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| Patch Date |
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Additional Information
NVD Listing: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/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.