CVEvulnerability

CVE-2008-1694

4.6 MEDIUM Published 2008-04-22 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2008-04-22
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
4.6 MEDIUM — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weaknesses
CWE-59

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.

Affected configurations

• gnu emacs 20.7 • gnu emacs 21.1 • gnu emacs 21.2 • gnu emacs 21.3 • gnu emacs 21.4 • gnu sccs

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-59 Improper Link Resolution Before File Access weakness

References