CVE-2004-1689

N/A Unknown

Published: September 16, 2004 Modified: April 16, 2026

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.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=109537972929201&w=2

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://packetstormsecurity.nl/0409-exploits/sudoedit.txt

Source: cve@mitre.org

Patch Vendor Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/12596

Source: cve@mitre.org

Patch Vendor Advisory

http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/o-219.shtml

Source: cve@mitre.org

Patch Vendor Advisory

http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/424358

Source: cve@mitre.org

Patch Third Party Advisory US Government Resource

http://www.osvdb.org/10023

Source: cve@mitre.org

Patch Vendor Advisory

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11204

Source: cve@mitre.org

Exploit Patch Vendor Advisory

http://www.sudo.ws/sudo/alerts/sudoedit.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

Patch Vendor Advisory

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17424

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=109537972929201&w=2