CVE-2023-26604 (GCVE-0-2023-26604)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2023-03-03 00:00
Modified
2025-03-07 18:16
Severity ?
7.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • n/a
Summary
systemd before 247 does not adequately block local privilege escalation for some Sudo configurations, e.g., plausible sudoers files in which the "systemctl status" command may be executed. Specifically, systemd does not set LESSSECURE to 1, and thus other programs may be launched from the less program. This presents a substantial security risk when running systemctl from Sudo, because less executes as root when the terminal size is too small to show the complete systemctl output.
References
cve@mitre.org http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/174130/systemd-246-Local-Root-Privilege-Escalation.html Exploit, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.org https://blog.compass-security.com/2012/10/dangerous-sudoers-entries-part-2-insecure-functionality/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.org https://github.com/systemd/systemd/blob/main/NEWS#L4335-L4340 Release Notes
cve@mitre.org https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/03/msg00032.html Third Party Advisory, Mailing List
cve@mitre.org https://medium.com/%40zenmoviefornotification/saidov-maxim-cve-2023-26604-c1232a526ba7 Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.org https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230505-0009/ Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/174130/systemd-246-Local-Root-Privilege-Escalation.html Exploit, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://blog.compass-security.com/2012/10/dangerous-sudoers-entries-part-2-insecure-functionality/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://github.com/systemd/systemd/blob/main/NEWS#L4335-L4340 Release Notes
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/03/msg00032.html Third Party Advisory, Mailing List
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://medium.com/%40zenmoviefornotification/saidov-maxim-cve-2023-26604-c1232a526ba7 Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230505-0009/ Third Party Advisory
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