CVE-2004-1689

Public Exploit

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.

2.1

CVSS

Severity: Low

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 0.17%

Vendor Advisory packetstormsecurity.nl Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory ciac.org Vendor Advisory osvdb.org Vendor Advisory securityfocus.com Vendor Advisory sudo.ws

Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
http://secunia.com/advisories/12596	third party advisory patch vendor advisory
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=109537972929201&w=2	mailing list
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/424358	us government resource third party advisory patch
http://www.osvdb.org/10023	vdb entry patch vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11204	exploit vdb entry patch vendor advisory
http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/o-219.shtml	third party advisory patch government resource vendor advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17424	vdb entry
http://www.sudo.ws/sudo/alerts/sudoedit.html	patch vendor advisory
http://packetstormsecurity.nl/0409-exploits/sudoedit.txt	patch vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2004-1689?: CVE-2004-1689 has been scored as a low severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2004-1689?: To fix CVE-2004-1689, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2004-1689 being actively exploited in the wild?: It is possible that CVE-2004-1689 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.

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