CVE-2004-1689
N/A
Published: February 20, 2005 at 05:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:08 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorSudo
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 1%
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.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (9)
Mailing Listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
Source: [email protected]
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=109537972929201&w=2x_refsource_MISCPatchVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://packetstormsecurity.nl/0409-exploits/sudoedit.txtThird Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAPatchVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/12596Third Party AdvisoryUS Government Resourcex_refsource_CIACPatchVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/o-219.shtmlThird Party Advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNPatchUS Government Resource
Source: [email protected]
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/424358VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDExploitPatchVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11204x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.sudo.ws/sudo/alerts/sudoedit.htmlQuick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
NVD-CWE-Other
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