CVE-2004-1689 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

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.

Published: 2005-02-20

Score: 2.1 Low

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

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

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2004-1683	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.

The EPSS score is 0.00167.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

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

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Subscriptions

Todd Miller Sudo

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2005-02-20T05:00:00.000Z

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

Reserved: 2005-02-21T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2004-1689

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

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

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-2004-1689

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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