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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…
Low2.1EPSS 1.2%
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- mitre
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Low2.1 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.2% · top 33% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 2.1.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (9)
- 12596 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 20040916 [sudo-announce] Sudo version 1.6.8p1 now available (fwd) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- VU#424358 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
- 10023 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- 11204 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- O-219 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisorygovernment-resourcex_refsource_CIACx_transferred
- sudo-sudoedit-view-files(17424) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- http://www.sudo.ws/sudo/alerts/sudoedit.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://packetstormsecurity.nl/0409-exploits/sudoedit.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
Record last updated .