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CVE-2008-1694

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-59 Link Following
Publication date:
22/04/2008
Last modified:
09/04/2025

Description

vcdiff in Emacs 20.7 to 22.1.50, when used with SCCS, allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files.

Impact

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

Base Score: 4.60 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

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

Base Score 2.0
4.60
Severity 2.0
MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:emacs:20.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:emacs:21.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:emacs:21.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:emacs:21.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:emacs:21.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:sccs:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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