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CVE-2008-3949

Date: September 22, 2008

emacs/lisp/progmodes/python.el in Emacs 22.1 and 22.2 imports Python script from the current working directory during editing of a Python file, which allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a Trojan horse Python file.

Severity Score

Related Resources (12)

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=424340
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31052
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2008-09/msg00215.html
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-3949
https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2008-3949
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-09/msg00004.html
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45021
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:216
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200902-06.xml
http://secunia.com/advisories/31982
http://secunia.com/advisories/34004
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2008-3949

Severity Score

Weakness Type (CWE)

Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')

CWE-94

Insufficient Information

NVD-CWE-noinfo

CVSS v3.1

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

CVSS v2

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