FKIE_CVE-2004-1689
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2004-09-16 04:00 - Updated: 2026-06-16 22:08
Severity
Summary
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
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| todd_miller | sudo | 1.6.8 |
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