CVE-2004-1689 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

sudoedit (aka sudo -e) in sudo 1.6.8 opens a temporary file with root privileges, which allows local users to read arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the temporary file before quitting sudoedit.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Todd Miller	Sudo

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:todd_miller:sudo:1.6.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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References

Link	Providers
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=109537972929201&w=2
http://packetstormsecurity.nl/0409-exploits/sudoedit.txt
http://secunia.com/advisories/12596
http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/o-219.shtml
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/424358
http://www.osvdb.org/10023
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11204
http://www.sudo.ws/sudo/alerts/sudoedit.html
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17424

History

No history.

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2005-02-20T05:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-08T01:00:37.188Z

Reserved: 2005-02-21T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2004-1689

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2004-09-16T04:00:00.000

Modified: 2025-04-03T01:03:51.193

Link: CVE-2004-1689

Redhat

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