CVE-2004-1689

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Summary

CVECVE-2004-1689
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2004-09-16 04:00:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC
Descriptionsudoedit (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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 2.1 from [email protected]

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
None
Availability
None

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Todd Miller Sudo 1.6.8 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
'[sudo-announce] Sudo version 1.6.8p1 now available (fwd)' - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info
US-CERT Vulnerability Note VU#424358 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.kb.cert.org Patch, Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/o-219.shtml af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ciac.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
packetstormsecurity.nl/0409-exploits/sudoedit.txt af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 packetstormsecurity.nl Patch, Vendor Advisory
www.osvdb.org/10023 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.osvdb.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
Sudoedit can expose file contents af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.sudo.ws Patch, Vendor Advisory
Secunia - Advisories - sudo Arbitrary File Reading Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
Sudo Information Disclosure Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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