CVEvulnerability
CVE-2001-1301
1.2 LOW
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2001-08-07
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 1.2 LOW — AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Description
rcs2log, as used in Emacs 20.4, xemacs 21.1.10 and other versions before 21.4, and possibly other packages, allows local users to modify files of other users via a symlink attack on a temporary file.
Affected configurations
• gnu emacs 20.4
• xemacs xemacs 21.1.10
References
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-08/0093.html Vendor Advisory
- http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/emacs/emacs/lib-src/rcs2log?only_with_tag=EMACS_PRETEST_21_0_95 savannah.gnu.org
- http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/11210.php www.iss.net
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-08/0093.html Vendor Advisory
- http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/emacs/emacs/lib-src/rcs2log?only_with_tag=EMACS_PRETEST_21_0_95 savannah.gnu.org
- http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/11210.php www.iss.net