{"id":"CVE-2004-1689","details":"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.","modified":"2026-04-10T03:36:39.535120Z","published":"2004-09-16T04:00:00Z","references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://packetstormsecurity.nl/0409-exploits/sudoedit.txt"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/12596"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/o-219.shtml"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/424358"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.osvdb.org/10023"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11204"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.sudo.ws/sudo/alerts/sudoedit.html"},{"type":"EVIDENCE","url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11204"},{"type":"FIX","url":"http://packetstormsecurity.nl/0409-exploits/sudoedit.txt"},{"type":"FIX","url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/12596"},{"type":"FIX","url":"http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/o-219.shtml"},{"type":"FIX","url":"http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/424358"},{"type":"FIX","url":"http://www.osvdb.org/10023"},{"type":"FIX","url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11204"},{"type":"FIX","url":"http://www.sudo.ws/sudo/alerts/sudoedit.html"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=109537972929201&w=2"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/424358"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17424"}],"schema_version":"1.7.5"}