What is CVE-2019-18684?

CVE-2019-18684 is a high-severity vulnerability in Sudo_project Sudo, classified under Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization (Race Condition). CVSS score: 7.0/10. Published 2019-11-04.

How severe is CVE-2019-18684?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.0 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Sudo_project Sudo

CVE-2019-18684

Sudo through 1.8.29 allows local users to escalate to root if they have write access to file descriptor 3 of the sudo process. This occurs because of a race condition between determining a uid, and the setresuid and openat system calls. Th…

Vulnerability class: Race Condition

EPSS: 0.003 (21.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.0 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Sudo_project Sudo
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-362 — Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization (Race Condition)

References

cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-18684?: CVE-2019-18684 is a high-severity vulnerability in Sudo_project Sudo, classified under Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization (Race Condition). CVSS score: 7.0/10. Published 2019-11-04.
How severe is CVE-2019-18684?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.0 out of 10.