cvelist/2023/22xxx/CVE-2023-22809.json

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        "ASSIGNER": "cve@mitre.org",
        "ID": "CVE-2023-22809",
        "STATE": "PUBLIC"
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    "affects": {
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    "data_version": "4.0",
    "description": {
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                "lang": "eng",
                "value": "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."
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            {
                "refsource": "MISC",
                "name": "https://www.synacktiv.com/sites/default/files/2023-01/sudo-CVE-2023-22809.pdf",
                "url": "https://www.synacktiv.com/sites/default/files/2023-01/sudo-CVE-2023-22809.pdf"
            },
            {
                "refsource": "CONFIRM",
                "name": "https://www.sudo.ws/security/advisories/sudoedit_any/",
                "url": "https://www.sudo.ws/security/advisories/sudoedit_any/"
            }
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