CVE-2003-1232

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Summary

CVECVE-2003-1232
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2003-12-31 05:00:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC
DescriptionEmacs 21.2.1 does not prompt or warn the user before executing Lisp code in the local variables section of a text file, which allows user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary commands, as demonstrated using the mode-name variable.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 5.1 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
High
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Gnu Emacs 21.2.1 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Secunia - Advisories - Mandriva update for emacs af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Emacs Local Variable Arbitrary Command Execution Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Advisories - Mandriva Linux OS af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
#286183 - emacs21: Arbitrary code execution when opening malicious file (local variables) - Debian Bug report logs af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.debian.org
Google Groups af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 groups.google.com
[Full-Disclosure] emacs 21.3 fixes security bugs af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.grok.org.uk Patch
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