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CVE-2004-1689
published 2004-09-16

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…

PriorityP417low2.1CVSS 2.0
AVLACLAuNCPINAN
EXPLOIT
EPSS
1.17%
63.8th percentile
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.

Affected

6 ranges
VendorProductVersion rangeFixed in
debiansudo< sudo 1.6.8p3-1 (bookworm)sudo 1.6.8p3-1 (bookworm)
sudo_projectsudo>= 0 < 1.6.8p3-11.6.8p3-1
sudo_projectsudo>= 0 < 1.6.8p3-11.6.8p3-1
sudo_projectsudo>= 0 < 1.6.8p3-11.6.8p3-1
sudo_projectsudo>= 0 < 1.6.8p3-11.6.8p3-1
todd_millersudo

CVSS provenance

nvdv2.02.1LOWAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
osv2.1LOW
vendor_debian2.1LOW
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