CVE-2008-1694

N/A Unknown
Published: April 22, 2008 Modified: April 23, 2026
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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.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=216880
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://secunia.com/advisories/29905
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://secunia.com/advisories/29926
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://secunia.com/advisories/30109
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:096
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28857
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019909
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1309/references
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1310/references
Source: cve@mitre.org
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=208483
Source: cve@mitre.org
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41906
Source: cve@mitre.org
https://usn.ubuntu.com/607-1/
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=216880
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/29905
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/29926
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/30109
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:096
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28857
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019909
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1309/references
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1310/references
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=208483
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41906
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://usn.ubuntu.com/607-1/
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

24 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
0.0%
14th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-59

Affected Vendors

gnu

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