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Status published
Medium
CVE-2008-1694
vcdiff in Emacs 20.7 to 22.1.50, when used with SCCS,...
Vulnerability 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.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/607-1/
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29905
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=208483
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:096
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1309/references
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019909
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29926
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30109
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41906
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28857
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=216880
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1310/references
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Affected Vendor
Affected Software
emacs, sccs
Vulnerable Versions:
20.7, 21.1, 21.2, 21.3, 21.4
Timeline
Official Publish:
April 21st, 2008
Last Modified:
August 7th, 2024
Added to House:
July 18th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.