BIOC Medium

Unsigned integer Sudo privilege escalation

Fixed in CVE-2019-14287, this known command line is used to exploit a bug in sudo to gain root privileges.

Module:
Platform Analytics
Agent event type:
Process execution
Category:
Privilege Escalation
Status:
Enabled
ATT&CK tactics: Privilege Escalation (TA0004)
ATT&CK techniques: Abuse Elevation Control Mechanism: Sudo and Sudo Caching (T1548.003)
Indicator:

Process action type = execution AND target process cmd = * -u#-1 * , * -u#4294967295 *

Preventable: yes