vendor:
sudo
by:
Joe Vennix
8.8
CVSS
HIGH
Privilege Escalation
264
CWE
Product Name: sudo
Affected Version From: Sudo <1.8.28
Affected Version To: Sudo <1.8.27
Patch Exists: YES
Related CWE: CVE-2019-14287
CPE: a:sudo:sudo:1.8.27
Metasploit:
https://www.rapid7.com/db/vulnerabilities/oracle-solaris-cve-2019-14287/, https://www.rapid7.com/db/vulnerabilities/amazon-linux-ami-2-cve-2019-14287/, https://www.rapid7.com/db/vulnerabilities/huawei-euleros-2_0_sp3-cve-2019-14287/, https://www.rapid7.com/db/vulnerabilities/huawei-euleros-2_0_sp5-cve-2019-14287/, https://www.rapid7.com/db/vulnerabilities/redhat-openshift-cve-2019-14287/, https://www.rapid7.com/db/vulnerabilities/huawei-euleros-2_0_sp8-cve-2019-14287/, https://www.rapid7.com/db/vulnerabilities/gentoo-linux-cve-2019-14287/, https://www.rapid7.com/db/vulnerabilities/huawei-euleros-2_0_sp2-cve-2019-14287/, https://www.rapid7.com/db/vulnerabilities/redhat_linux-cve-2019-14287/, https://www.rapid7.com/db/vulnerabilities/centos_linux-cve-2019-14287/, https://www.rapid7.com/db/vulnerabilities/debian-cve-2019-14287/, https://www.rapid7.com/db/vulnerabilities/oracle_linux-cve-2019-14287/, https://www.rapid7.com/db/vulnerabilities/suse-cve-2019-14287/, https://www.rapid7.com/db/vulnerabilities/ubuntu-cve-2019-14287/, https://www.rapid7.com/db/vulnerabilities/amazon_linux-cve-2019-14287/
Other Scripts:
N/A
Platforms Tested: Linux
2019
sudo 1.8.27 – Security Bypass
Sudo doesn't check for the existence of the specified user id and executes the with arbitrary user id with the sudo priv -u#-1 returns as 0 which is root's id and /bin/bash is executed with root permission.
Mitigation:
Upgrade to sudo 1.8.28 or later