01 Record
CVE-2008-1694
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.
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 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.
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
- 0.39% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 33.5% 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
- Low. 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
- 2008-04-21 20:00Z18 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 08:32Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2008-04-08
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 10d2ea901b9395e7072a516b1b0872886ce9bedcc742d4b4e206e85a1ccc39dc
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- usn.ubuntu.comUSN-607-1https://usn.ubuntu.com/607-1/
- secunia.com29905http://secunia.com/advisories/29905
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=208483
- www.mandriva.comMDVSA-2008:096http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:096
- www.vupen.comADV-2008-1309http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1309/references
- www.securitytracker.com1019909http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019909
- secunia.com29926http://secunia.com/advisories/29926
- secunia.com30109http://secunia.com/advisories/30109
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comxemacs-gnuemacs-vcdiff-symlink(41906)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41906
- www.securityfocus.com28857http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28857
- bugs.gentoo.orghttp://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=216880
- www.vupen.comADV-2008-1310http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1310/references
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- xemacs21 Fixed in 21.4.21-4
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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