CVE-2007-5795

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

Unavailable / Other

Publication date:

02/11/2007

Last modified:

09/04/2025

Description

The hack-local-variables function in Emacs before 22.2, when enable-local-variables is set to :safe, does not properly search lists of unsafe or risky variables, which might allow user-assisted attackers to bypass intended restrictions and modify critical program variables via a file containing a Local variables declaration.

Impact

Vector 2.0

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

Base Score: 6.30 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:C

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

Base Score 2.0

6.30

Severity 2.0

MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux::::::::
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:emacs::::::::		22.1 (including)
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:emacs::::::::		22.1 (including)

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CVE-2007-5795

Description

Impact

Vulnerable products and versions

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools