CVE-2004-1689 describes a local privilege escalation vulnerability in sudoedit (sudo -e) version 1.6.8, specifically affecting the todd_miller sudo product. The flaw allows local users to read arbitrary files due to sudoedit opening temporary files with root privileges, which can be exploited via a symlink attack before the program exits. With a CVSS score of 2.1 (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N), this vulnerability has low complexity and requires local access, primarily impacting confidentiality. While not actively exploited in the wild or listed in CISA's KEV catalog, exploit code is publicly available on ExploitDB, and it has garnered significant community discussion.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
1.6.8CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:todd_miller:sudo:1.6.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
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