CVE-2008-4191
extract-table.pl in Emacspeak 26 and 28 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the extract-table.csv temporary file.
02 Description
extract-table.pl in Emacspeak 26 and 28 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the extract-table.csv temporary file.
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
- 0.40% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 34.6% 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
- 2008-09-24 10:00Z18 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 10:08Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2008-09-23
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-59Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')Base
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 843f72ad2e803c4caf5120da0bd8097bef5703cc67783ffe6be6a7ff6bad0982
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.redhat.comFEDORA-2008-8379https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-October/msg00010.html
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=460435
- bugs.debian.orghttp://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=496431
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20081030 CVE requests: tempfile issues for aview, mgetty, openoffice, crossfirehttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/30/2
- secunia.com32071http://secunia.com/advisories/32071
- bugs.gentoo.orghttps://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235770
- secunia.com31880http://secunia.com/advisories/31880
- www.securityfocus.com31241http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31241
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comemacspeak-extracttable-symlink(45237)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45237
- dev.gentoo.orghttp://dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/emacspeak
- www.redhat.comFEDORA-2008-8423https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-October/msg00012.html
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- emacspeak Fixed in 28.0-2
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- emacspeak Fixed in 28.0-2
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- emacspeak Fixed in 28.0-2
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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