CVE-2019-18684

Sudo through 1.8.29 allows local users to escalate to root if they have write access to file descriptor 3 of the sudo process

published November 4, 2019

CVSS
—
EPSS
0%
Percentile
20.8
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

Sudo through 1.8.29 allows local users to escalate to root if they have write access to file descriptor 3 of the sudo process. This occurs because of a race condition between determining a uid, and the setresuid and openat system calls. The attacker can write "ALL ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD:ALL" to /proc/#####/fd/3 at a time when Sudo is prompting for a password. NOTE: This has been disputed due to the way Linux /proc works. It has been argued that writing to /proc/#####/fd/3 would only be viable if you had permission to write to /etc/sudoers. Even with write permission to /proc/#####/fd/3, it would not help you write to /etc/sudoers

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00294 · 20.8th percentile
Published
2019-11-04T15:53Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 04 NOV 15:53Z
    Sudo through 1.8.29 allows local users to escalate to root if they have write access to file descriptor 3 of the sudo process
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