VulnerabilityModified

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.

LOW 2.1EPSS 1.17%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.17%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

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.

CVSS 2.0: 2.1 LOWAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
EPSS: 1.17% probability · 66th percentile
CISA KEV: Not listed
Affected: todd miller/sudo
Source: cve@mitre.org

References

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=109537972929201&w=2
http://packetstormsecurity.nl/0409-exploits/sudoedit.txtPatch, Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/12596Patch, Vendor Advisory
http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/o-219.shtmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/424358Patch, Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
http://www.osvdb.org/10023Patch, Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11204Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
http://www.sudo.ws/sudo/alerts/sudoedit.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17424
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=109537972929201&w=2
http://packetstormsecurity.nl/0409-exploits/sudoedit.txtPatch, Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/12596Patch, Vendor Advisory
http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/o-219.shtmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/424358Patch, Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
http://www.osvdb.org/10023Patch, Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11204Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
http://www.sudo.ws/sudo/alerts/sudoedit.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17424

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.