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CVE-2004-1689

LOW CVSS: 2.1 Published: 2004-09-16 Modified: 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 Platforms

Todd Miller Sudo

Weakness Type

NVD-CWE-Other

References