Vulnerability in Todd Miller Sudo
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.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 2.1 (Low). Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.012 (66.0th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 66th percentile — 66.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.012 · newest: 0.012 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Todd Miller Sudo — versions 1.6.8
References
- secunia.com/advisories/12596 (Patch, Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- marc.info/ (mailing-list)
- www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/424358 (US Government Resource, Patch, Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- www.osvdb.org/10023 (Patch, vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/11204 (Exploit, Patch, vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory)
- www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/o-219.shtml (Patch, government-resource, Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17424 (vdb-entry)
- www.sudo.ws/sudo/alerts/sudoedit.html (Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- packetstormsecurity.nl/0409-exploits/sudoedit.txt (Patch, Vendor Advisory)