CVE-2010-0825
lib-src/movemail.c in movemail in emacs 22 and 23 allows local users to read, modify, or delete arbitrary mailbox files via a symlink attack, related to improper file-permission checks.
02 Description
lib-src/movemail.c in movemail in emacs 22 and 23 allows local users to read, modify, or delete arbitrary mailbox files via a symlink attack, related to improper file-permission checks.
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
- 0.32% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 25.2% 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
- 2010-04-05 15:15Z16 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 00:59Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2010-03-03
- Assigning CNA
- canonical
- 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
- fb1a6698c62a959dc10e08df38ecb530692efdb7838adc06f56f0e31fcb279b0
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.mandriva.comMDVSA-2010:083http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:083
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comemacs-emailhelper-symlink(57457)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/57457
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-919-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-919-1
- secunia.com39155http://secunia.com/advisories/39155
- www.vupen.comADV-2010-0734http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0734
- bugs.launchpad.nethttps://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/531569
- www.vupen.comADV-2010-0952http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0952
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- xemacs21 Fixed in 21.4.22-3.1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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