CVE-2017-1000368
Public on 2017-06-05
Modified on 2019-10-14
Description
It was found that the original fix for CVE-2017-1000367 was incomplete. A flaw was found in the way sudo parsed tty information from the process status file in the proc filesystem. A local user with privileges to execute commands via sudo could use this flaw to escalate their privileges to root.
Severity
Medium
CVSS v3 Base Score
See breakdown
Affected Packages
| Platform | Package | Release Date | Advisory | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon Linux 1 | sudo | 2017-07-06 | ALAS-2017-855 | Fixed |
| Amazon Linux 2 - Core | sudo | 2019-10-11 | ALAS2-2019-1315 | Fixed |
CVSS Scores
| Score Type | Score | Vector | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon Linux | CVSSv3 | 7.3 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVD | CVSSv2 | 7.2 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
| NVD | CVSSv3 | 8.2 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H |