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 products
- todd_miller / sudo1.6.8 – 1.6.8
Exploits & proofs of concept
- exploit-dbSudoEdit 1.6.8 - Local Change Permissionby Angelo Rosiello
References
- VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://secunia.com/advisories/12596
- MAILING_LISThttp://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=109537972929201&w=2
- MISChttp://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/424358
- MISChttp://www.osvdb.org/10023
- MISChttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11204
- MISChttp://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/o-219.shtml
- MISChttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17424
- MISChttp://www.sudo.ws/sudo/alerts/sudoedit.html
- EXPLOIThttp://packetstormsecurity.nl/0409-exploits/sudoedit.txt
Updated 25m ago · 8 sources