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The problem exists because a user-specified editor may contain a \"--\" argument that defeats a protection mechanism, e.g., an EDITOR='vim -- /path/to/extra/file' value."},{"lang":"es","value":"En Sudo anterior a 1.9.12p2, la función sudoedit (también conocida como -e) maneja mal argumentos adicionales pasados en las variables de entorno proporcionadas por el usuario (SUDO_EDITOR, VISUAL y EDITOR), permitiendo a un atacante local agregar entradas arbitrarias a la lista de archivos para procesar. . Esto puede conducir a una escalada de privilegios. Las versiones afectadas son 1.8.0 a 1.9.12.p1. El problema existe porque un editor especificado por el usuario puede contener un argumento \"--\" que anula un mecanismo de protección, por ejemplo, un valor EDITOR='vim -- 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