CVE-2004-1689
6.4 Medium
AI Score
Confidence
Low
2.1 Low
CVSS2
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
0.0004 Low
EPSS
Percentile
9.0%
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.
| CPE | Name | Operator | Version |
|---|---|---|---|
| todd_miller:sudo | todd miller sudo | eq | 1.6.8 |
References
marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=109537972929201&w=2
packetstormsecurity.nl/0409-exploits/sudoedit.txt
secunia.com/advisories/12596
www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/o-219.shtml
www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/424358
www.osvdb.org/10023
www.securityfocus.com/bid/11204
www.sudo.ws/sudo/alerts/sudoedit.html
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17424
Related
6.4 Medium
AI Score
Confidence
Low
2.1 Low
CVSS2
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
0.0004 Low
EPSS
Percentile
9.0%