CVE-2004-1689
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.
02 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.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 1.16% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 67.1% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2005-02-20 05:00Z21 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-08 01:00Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2005-02-21
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- No CWE assigned
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 1ab747d9b56c10f95fe1274e47f2a3fc8590d0bac687f02a4c399569f7a8d740
05 Affected products
06 References
- secunia.com12596http://secunia.com/advisories/12596
- marc.info20040916 [sudo-announce] Sudo version 1.6.8p1 now available (fwd)http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=109537972929201&w=2
- www.kb.cert.orgVU#424358http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/424358
- www.osvdb.org10023http://www.osvdb.org/10023
- www.securityfocus.com11204http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11204
- www.ciac.orgO-219http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/o-219.shtml
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comsudo-sudoedit-view-files(17424)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17424
- www.sudo.wshttp://www.sudo.ws/sudo/alerts/sudoedit.html
- packetstormsecurity.nlhttp://packetstormsecurity.nl/0409-exploits/sudoedit.txt
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- sudo Fixed in 1.6.8p3-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- sudo Fixed in 1.6.8p3-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- sudo Fixed in 1.6.8p3-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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