CVE-2004-1689 | BDVDB-2026-8493 Detail
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.
Impact#
No impact statement in the source data.
Weaknesses#
No weakness recorded in the source data.
References#
- http://secunia.com/advisories/12596
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=109537972929201&w=2
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/424358
- http://www.osvdb.org/10023
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11204
- http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/o-219.shtml
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17424
- http://www.sudo.ws/sudo/alerts/sudoedit.html
- http://packetstormsecurity.nl/0409-exploits/sudoedit.txt
Exploit#
No public exploit known
History#
- Version 1Record published in the CVE List.
- Version 2Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.