Sudo <= 1.8.14 - Unauthorized Privilege

<p># Exploit Title: sudo -e - a.k.a. sudoedit - &nbsp;unauthorized privilege escalation</p><p># Date: 07-23-2015</p><p># Exploit Author: Daniel Svartman</p><p># Version: Sudo &lt;=1.8.14</p><p># Tested on: RHEL 5/6/7 and Ubuntu (all versions)</p><p># CVE: CVE-2015-5602.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Hello,</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I found a security bug in sudo (checked in the latest versions of sudo</p><p>running on RHEL and ubuntu) when a user is granted with root access to</p><p>modify a particular file that could be located in a subset of directories.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>It seems that sudoedit does not check the full path if a wildcard is used</p><p>twice (e.g. /home/*/*/file.txt), allowing a malicious user to replace the</p><p>file.txt real file with a symbolic link to a different location (e.g.</p><p>/etc/shadow).</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I was able to perform such redirect and retrieve the data from the</p><p>/etc/shadow file.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I checked this against fixed directories and files (not using a wildcard)</p><p>and it does work with symbolic links created under the /home folder.</p> <p> In order for you to replicate this, you should configure the following line <p> in your /etc/sudoers file: </p><p> <user_to_grant_priv> ALL=(root) NOPASSWD: sudoedit /home/*/*/test.txt </p><p> Then, logged as that user, create a subdirectory within its home folder </p><p> (e.g. /home/<user_to_grant_priv>/newdir) and later create a symbolic link inside the new folder named test.txt pointing to /etc/shadow. </p><p> When you run sudoedit /home/<user_to_grant_priv>/newdir/test.txt you will </p><p> be allowed to access the /etc/shadow even if have not been granted with </p><p> such access in the sudoers file.</p>