CVE-2004-1689

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 2.1 LOW

2.1^/10

CVSS v2.0 : LOW

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

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 2.9

Access Vector LOCAL

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact NONE

References

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

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

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

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2004-09-16 04:00

Updated : 2025-04-03 01:03

NVD link : CVE-2004-1689

Mitre link : CVE-2004-1689

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2004-1689

JSON object : View

Products Affected

todd_miller

sudo

CWE

NVD-CWE-Other

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