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.

EPSS: 0.012 (64.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

References

  • cve@mitre.org (Patch, x_refsource_SECUNIA, Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
  • cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ)
  • cve@mitre.org (US Government Resource, x_refsource_CERT-VN, Patch, Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
  • cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_OSVDB, Patch, vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory)
  • cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Patch, vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, Vendor Advisory)
  • cve@mitre.org (Patch, government-resource, Vendor Advisory, x_refsource_CIAC, third-party-advisory)
  • cve@mitre.org (vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF)
  • cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
  • cve@mitre.org (Patch, x_refsource_MISC, Vendor Advisory)