CVE-2008-1694

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Summary

CVECVE-2008-1694
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2008-04-22 04:41:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
Descriptionvcdiff 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 4.6 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-59 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Gnu Emacs 20.7 All All All
Application Gnu Emacs 21.1 All All All
Application Gnu Emacs 21.2 All All All
Application Gnu Emacs 21.3 All All All
Application Gnu Emacs 21.4 All All All
Application Gnu Sccs All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
GNU Emacs vcdiff Unsafe Temporary File Lets Local Users Gain Elevated Privileges - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Webmail - OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
Ubuntu update for emacs - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
GNU Emacs vcdiff Insecure Temporary Files - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Bug 208483 – CVE-2008-1694 emacs insecure /tmp file usage af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com
Gentoo Bug 216880 - app-editors/emacs vcdiff insecure temporary file creation (CVE-2008-1694) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.gentoo.org
Webmail - OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
USN-607-1: Emacs vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 usn.ubuntu.com
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2008:096 | Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
XEmacs vcdiff Insecure Temporary Files - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
GNU Emacs Insecure Temporary File Creation Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Vendor Comments And Credit

OrganizationPublishedContributorStatement
Red Hat2008-05-01Joshua BressersRed Hat is aware of this issue and is tracking it via the following bug: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2008-1694 The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this issue as having low security impact, a future update may address this flaw. More information regarding issue severity can be found here: http://www.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/

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