CVE-2023-22809

CVSS V2 None CVSS V3 None
Description
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.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2023-22809
  • Assigner
  • cve@mitre.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Modified
  • Published Version
  • 2023-01-18T17:15:10
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2023-05-03T12:16:45
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-269 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/269.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:sudo_project:sudo:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 1.8.0 1.9.12
cpe:2.3:a:sudo_project:sudo:1.9.12:-:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:sudo_project:sudo:1.9.12:p1:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/171644/sudo-1.9.12p1-Privilege-Escalation.html
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@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/2QDGFCGAV5QRJCE6IXRXIS4XJHS57DDH/ Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/G4YNBTTKTRT2ME3NTSXAPTOKYUE47XHZ/
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202305-12
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230127-0015/ 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
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-22809
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-22809
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2023-01-18 18:18:35 Added to TrackCVE
2023-01-18 19:18:56 2023-01-18T19:15:12 CVE Modified Date updated
2023-01-18 19:18:58 References updated
2023-01-18 20:14:15 2023-01-18T19:46:26 CVE Modified Date updated
2023-01-18 20:14:15 Received Awaiting Analysis Vulnerability Status updated
2023-01-19 00:18:23 2023-01-19T00:15:10 CVE Modified Date updated
2023-01-19 00:18:24 References updated
2023-01-19 12:14:32 2023-01-19T10:15:11 CVE Modified Date updated
2023-01-19 12:14:33 References updated
2023-01-22 04:16:08 2023-01-22T04:15:11 CVE Modified Date updated
2023-01-22 04:16:09 References updated
2023-01-25 17:14:37 Awaiting Analysis Undergoing Analysis Vulnerability Status updated
2023-01-26 19:16:40 2023-01-26T18:26:49 CVE Modified Date updated
2023-01-26 19:16:40 Undergoing Analysis Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated
2023-01-26 19:16:40 Weakness Enumeration new
2023-01-26 19:16:41 CPE Information updated
2023-01-27 21:14:10 2023-01-27T20:15:15 CVE Modified Date updated
2023-01-27 21:14:10 Analyzed Modified Vulnerability Status updated
2023-01-27 21:14:11 References updated
2023-01-30 17:14:46 Modified Undergoing Analysis Vulnerability Status updated
2023-01-31 19:13:15 2023-01-31T19:05:59 CVE Modified Date updated
2023-01-31 19:13:15 Undergoing Analysis Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated
2023-02-05 07:14:42 2023-02-05T05:15:09 CVE Modified Date updated
2023-02-05 07:14:42 Analyzed Modified Vulnerability Status updated
2023-02-05 07:14:43 References updated
2023-04-03 22:17:41 2023-04-03T20:15:08 CVE Modified Date updated
2023-04-03 22:17:43 References updated
2023-05-03 13:03:51 2023-05-03T12:16:45 CVE Modified Date updated
2023-05-03 13:04:01 References updated