Privilege Escalation via apport-cli 2.26.0 and earlier on sudo
CVE-2023-1326 Published on April 13, 2023
local privilege escalation in apport-cli
A privilege escalation attack was found in apport-cli 2.26.0 and earlier which is similar to CVE-2023-26604. If a system is specially configured to allow unprivileged users to run sudo apport-cli, less is configured as the pager, and the terminal size can be set: a local attacker can escalate privilege. It is extremely unlikely that a system administrator would configure sudo to allow unprivileged users to perform this class of exploit.
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2023-1326 is exploitable with local system access, requires user interaction and user privileges. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to be very high.
Weakness Type
Improper Privilege Management
The software does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor.
Products Associated with CVE-2023-1326
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Affected Versions
Canonical Ltd. Apport:- Before and including 2.26.0 is affected.
Exploit Probability
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