T05 · Unauthorized Access and Privilege Escalation
- Location
SKILL.md:142- Finding
Unsafe Passwordless Sudo Configuration
- Content
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Vulnerability Details
File Location:
SKILL.md, lines 142–147; repeated at lines 304–310
Vulnerability Type: Passwordless privileged command execution with malformed or unspecified executable paths
Risk Level: MediumVulnerable Code
bash # Allow openvpn and killall to execute without a password echo "$USER ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: /usr/s(请参考skill目录中的脚本文件), /usr/(请参考skill目录中的脚本文件)" | sudo tee /etc/sudoers.d/openvpnTechnical Analysis
The Skill instructs users to create a system-wide sudoers fragment granting the current account passwordless execution as any user. The executable paths in the rule are corrupted placeholders rather than exact, validated paths to root-owned binaries. The command also installs the fragment directly without validating it with
visudo.This conflicts with the accompanying claim that only the OpenVPN and
killallbinaries are authorized. If a user replaces the placeholders with broad paths, writable executables, wrapper scripts, or commands with unsafe argument surfaces, the resulting rule may permit operations beyond VPN management.Even a narrowly specified passwordless process-management command can present escalation opportunities if it accepts configuration files, plugins, scripts, environment-controlled resources, or other arguments that influence privileged behavior.
Attack Path
- A user follows the Skill's setup instructions.
- The user manually replaces the invalid placeholders with guessed or overly broad executable paths.
- The generated rule is written directly to
/etc/sudoers.d/openvpnwithout syntax or ownership validation. - A local process running under the authorized account invokes the permitted command through
sudowithout authentication. - If the permitted executable or its arguments allow loading attacker-controlled resources or performing unrestricted process operations, the attacker abuses that interface to perform privileged actio ...[truncated 787 chars]
- Remediation
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Remediation Suggestions
- Remove the blanket passwordless sudo setup from the general installation procedure.
- Prefer a root-owned service or narrowly scoped helper that exposes only validated VPN connect, disconnect, and status operations.
- If sudo is unavoidable, specify exact absolute paths to root-owned, non-writable executables.
- Restrict permitted arguments rather than allowing unrestricted invocation of OpenVPN or process-management utilities.
- Do not grant general passwordless access to
killall; use a dedicated helper that can terminate only the VPN process it created. - Create the fragment with root ownership and mode
0440. - Generate the proposed rule in a temporary file and validate it using
visudo -cfbefore installing it. - Document a safe removal and recovery procedure.
- Replace both occurrences of the malformed command so users are not directed to insecure fallback instructions.
