Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in Amazon Linux AMI and sudo - CVE-2024-31969
Published: August 6, 2024
Vulnerability identifier: #VU95409
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2024-31969
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Amazon Web Services
Affected software:
Amazon Linux AMI
sudo
Amazon Linux AMI
sudo
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to improperly imposed security restrictions in sudo. A local user with an entry in the sudoers file, enabling them to run commands as another unprivileged user, can leverage it to run commands as root.
How to mitigate CVE-2024-31969
Install updates from vendor's website.