CVE-2004-1689

Public exploit code

Working exploit or proof of concept code has been published for this vulnerability. Treat unpatched systems as at risk.

• SudoEdit 1.6.8 - Local Change Permission2004-09-21 · local · linux · Verified

Impact

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.

Affected products

References

• NVD record
• CVE.org record
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=109537972929201&w=2
• http://packetstormsecurity.nl/0409-exploits/sudoedit.txt
• http://secunia.com/advisories/12596
• http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/o-219.shtml
• http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/424358
• http://www.osvdb.org/10023
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11204
• http://www.sudo.ws/sudo/alerts/sudoedit.html
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17424
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=109537972929201&w=2
• http://packetstormsecurity.nl/0409-exploits/sudoedit.txt
• http://secunia.com/advisories/12596
• http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/o-219.shtml
• http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/424358
• http://www.osvdb.org/10023
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11204
• http://www.sudo.ws/sudo/alerts/sudoedit.html
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17424