CVEvulnerability
CVE-2008-3949
7.2 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2008-09-22
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 7.2 HIGH — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-94
Description
emacs/lisp/progmodes/python.el in Emacs 22.1 and 22.2 imports Python script from the current working directory during editing of a Python file, which allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a Trojan horse Python file.
Affected configurations
• suse suse linux
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-94 Improper Control of Generation of Code weakness
References
- http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2008-09/msg00215.html lists.gnu.org
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-09/msg00004.html lists.opensuse.org
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31982 secunia.com
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34004 secunia.com
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200902-06.xml security.gentoo.org
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:216 www.mandriva.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31052 www.securityfocus.com
- https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=424340 bugzilla.novell.com
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45021 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
- http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2008-09/msg00215.html lists.gnu.org
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-09/msg00004.html lists.opensuse.org
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31982 secunia.com
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34004 secunia.com
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200902-06.xml security.gentoo.org
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:216 www.mandriva.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31052 www.securityfocus.com
- https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=424340 bugzilla.novell.com
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45021 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com