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CVE-2008-1694

Date: April 21, 2008

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.

Severity Score

5.9

Related Resources (16)

Url: http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1309/references

Url: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28857

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-1694

Url: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-1694

Url: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=208483

Url: http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1310/references

Url: http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019909

Url: http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:096

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/29926

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/29905

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/30109

Url: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41906

Url: http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=216880

Url: https://usn.ubuntu.com/607-1/

Url: https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2008-1694

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2008-1694

Severity Score

5.9

Weakness Type (CWE)

Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')

CWE-59

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	5.9
Attack Vector (AV):	LOCAL
Attack Complexity (AC):	LOW
Privileges Required (PR):	NONE
User Interaction (UI):	NONE
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	LOW
Integrity (I):	LOW
Availability (A):	LOW

CVSS v2

Base Score:	4.6
Access Vector (AV):	LOCAL
Access Complexity (AC):	LOW
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	PARTIAL
Integrity (I):	PARTIAL
Availability (A):	PARTIAL
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