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CVE-2008-4191

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-59 Link Following
Publication date:
24/09/2008
Last modified:
09/04/2025

Description

extract-table.pl in Emacspeak 26 and 28 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the extract-table.csv temporary file.

Impact

Vector 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:C CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 6.60 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:C

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): Complete
Availability (A): Complete

Base Score 2.0
6.60
Severity 2.0
MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:emacspeak_inc:emacspeak:26.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:emacspeak_inc:emacspeak:28.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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