Vulnerability CVE-2008-1694
Published: 2008-04-22   Modified: 2012-02-12

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.

Type:

CWE-59

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

CVSS2 => (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
4.6/10
6.4/10
3.9/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Local
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
Partial
Partial
Affected software
GNU -> Emacs 
GNU -> SCCS 

 References:
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=216880
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:096
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28857
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019909
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1309/references
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1310/references
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=208483
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41906
https://usn.ubuntu.com/607-1/
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