01 Record
CVE-2007-5795
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
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: redhat
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 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
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 0.71% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 53.3% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2007-11-02 22:00Z19 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 15:46Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2007-11-02
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- No CWE assigned
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 638ad99eb6cf3f80ae64f03d75052290592ed3bbfa6940b843bb4acea37abd40
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.redhat.comFEDORA-2007-3056https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-November/msg00524.html
- bugs.debian.orghttp://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=449008
- secunia.com27984http://secunia.com/advisories/27984
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comemacs-hacklocalvariables-security-bypass(38263)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/38263
- secunia.com27728http://secunia.com/advisories/27728
- www.vupen.comADV-2008-0924http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0924/references
- www.vupen.comADV-2007-3715http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3715
- cvs.savannah.gnu.orghttp://cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewvc/emacs/emacs/lisp/files.el?r1=1.896.2.28&r2=1.896.2.29
- osvdb.org42060http://osvdb.org/42060
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-541-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-541-1
- secunia.com29420http://secunia.com/advisories/29420
- lists.apple.comAPPLE-SA-2008-03-18http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Mar/msg00001.html
- www.mandriva.comMDVSA-2008:034http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:034
- www.securityfocus.com26327http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26327
- bugs.gentoo.orghttp://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=197958
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-200712-03http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200712-03.xml
- docs.info.apple.comhttp://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307562
- secunia.com27508http://secunia.com/advisories/27508
- secunia.com27627http://secunia.com/advisories/27627