CVE-2005-1119

Published May 2, 2005

Last updated 16 years ago

Overview

Description
Sudo VISudo 1.6.8 and earlier allows local users to corrupt arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files.
Source
cve@mitre.org
NVD status
Analyzed

Social media

Hype score
Not currently trending

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:N/I:P/A:N

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov
NVD-CWE-Other

Vendor comments

  • Red HatWe do not consider this a security issue, the bug can only manifest if the software is invoked on a sudoers file that is contained in a world writable directory.

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