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Status published
Medium
CVE-2008-4191
extract-table.pl in Emacspeak 26 and 28 allows local users to...
Vulnerability 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.
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://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-October/msg00010.html
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=460435
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=496431
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/30/2
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32071
- https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235770
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31880
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31241
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45237
- http://dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/emacspeak
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-October/msg00012.html
Affected Vendor
emacspeak inc
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emacspeak
Vulnerable Versions:
26.0, 28.0
Timeline
Official Publish:
September 24th, 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.