CVE-2004-1689
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Feb 20, 2005
- Updated
- Aug 8, 2024
- Reserved
- Feb 21, 2005
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.
Scores
The record has no CVSS score.
Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
n/an/a |
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References
- 12596third-party-advisory
- 20040916 [sudo-announce] Sudo version 1.6.8p1 now available (fwd)mailing-list
- VU#424358third-party-advisory
- 10023vdb-entry
- 11204vdb-entry
- O-219third-party-advisorygovernment-resource
- sudo-sudoedit-view-files(17424)vdb-entry
- http://www.sudo.ws/sudo/alerts/sudoedit.html
- http://packetstormsecurity.nl/0409-exploits/sudoedit.txt
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