sudo up to 1.8.29 privileges management ⚔ [Disputed]

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in sudo up to 1.8.29 and classified as critical. This vulnerability affects unknown code. This manipulation causes privileges management. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2019-19234. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. No exploit is available. The presence of this vulnerability remains uncertain at this time.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in sudo up to 1.8.29 (Operating System Utility Software). It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown part. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-269. The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

In Sudo through 1.8.29, the fact that a user has been blocked (e.g., by using the ! character in the shadow file instead of a password hash) is not considered, allowing an attacker (who has access to a Runas ALL sudoer account) to impersonate any blocked user.

The weakness was published 12/19/2019. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2019-19234 since 11/22/2019. The attack can be launched remotely. A single authentication is necessary for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 08/05/2024). The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1068 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The real existence of this vulnerability is still doubted at the moment.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

Similar entry is available at VDB-147534. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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Type

• Operating System Utility Software

Name

• sudo

Version

• 1.8.0
• 1.8.1
• 1.8.2
• 1.8.3
• 1.8.4
• 1.8.5
• 1.8.6
• 1.8.7
• 1.8.8
• 1.8.9
• 1.8.10
• 1.8.11
• 1.8.12
• 1.8.13
• 1.8.14
• 1.8.15
• 1.8.16
• 1.8.17
• 1.8.18
• 1.8.19
• 1.8.20
• 1.8.21
• 1.8.22
• 1.8.23
• 1.8.24
• 1.8.25
• 1.8.26
• 1.8.27
• 1.8.28
• 1.8.29

License

• open-source

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