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Re: sudoedit local privilege escalation through PATH manipulation
- To: bugtraq@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Subject: Re: sudoedit local privilege escalation through PATH manipulation
- From: Agazzini Maurizio <inode@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 22 Apr 2010 10:04:09 +0200
On 20/04/2010 8.42, Ansgar Wiechers wrote:
> Perhaps I'm missing something, but how is this a security flaw? A user
> who is allowed to run "sudoedit" can edit /etc/sudoers, and thus allow
> himself to run any command anyway.
>
> Regards
> Ansgar Wiechers
In the configuration file (sudoers) you can specify the file that the
user is allowed to edit (http://www.gratisoft.us/sudo/man/sudoers.html).
The bug allow you to bypass these controls and gain root privileges.
Best regards,
Maurizio
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