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.

🔗 References (18)

• cve@mitrehttp://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=109537972929201&w=2
• cve@mitrehttp://packetstormsecurity.nl/0409-exploits/sudoedit.txt
• cve@mitrehttp://secunia.com/advisories/12596
• cve@mitrehttp://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/o-219.shtml
• cve@mitrehttp://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/424358
• cve@mitrehttp://www.osvdb.org/10023
• cve@mitrehttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11204
• cve@mitrehttp://www.sudo.ws/sudo/alerts/sudoedit.html
• cve@mitrehttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17424
• af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=109537972929201&w=2
• af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://packetstormsecurity.nl/0409-exploits/sudoedit.txt
• af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/12596
• af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/o-219.shtml
• af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/424358
• af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.osvdb.org/10023