Vulnerability CVE-2023-26604


Published: 2023-03-03

Description:
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.

See advisories in our WLB2 database:
Topic
Author
Date
High
systemd 246 Local Root Privilege Escalation
Iyaad Luqman K
11.08.2023

Type:

CWE-264

(Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls)

 References:
https://medium.com/@zenmoviefornotification/saidov-maxim-cve-2023-26604-c1232a526ba7
https://github.com/systemd/systemd/blob/main/NEWS#L4335-L4340
https://blog.compass-security.com/2012/10/dangerous-sudoers-entries-part-2-insecure-functionality/

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