CVE-2004-1689

Published Sep 16, 2004

Last updated 7 years ago

Overview

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.
Source: cve@mitre.org
NVD status: Modified

Risk scores

CVSS 2.0

Type: Primary
Base score: 2.1
Impact score: 2.9
Exploitability score: 3.9
Vector string: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov: NVD-CWE-Other

Hype score: Not currently trending

Configurations

[
  {
    "nodes": [
      {
        "negate": false,
        "cpeMatch": [
          {
            "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:todd_miller:sudo:1.6.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "vulnerable": true,
            "matchCriteriaId": "B6419309-385F-4525-AD4B-C73B1A3ED935"
          }
        ],
        "operator": "OR"
      }
    ]
  }
]

References