CVE-2004-1689
EPSS 0.17%Published: 9/16/2004Modified: 4/28/2026
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 packages (1)
- Debian/sudofrom 0, < 1.6.8p3-1