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CVE-2004-1689

• Severity: low (CVSS 2.1 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2004-09-16 · updated 2026-06-16

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.

Affected products

• Todd Miller Sudo: 1.6.8

References

• 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

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