CVE-2004-1689
LOW 2.1EPSS 1.2%
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.
- CVSS v2.0 NVD
- 2.1 LOW
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N - EPSS
- 1.17% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 67th percentile
- Published
- 2005-02-20
- Updated
- 2024-08-08
ExploitDB entries (1)
Security advisories
- http://packetstormsecurity.nl/0409-exploits/sudoedit.txt
- http://secunia.com/advisories/12596
- http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/o-219.shtml
- http://www.osvdb.org/10023
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11204
- http://www.sudo.ws/sudo/alerts/sudoedit.html
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/424358