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CVE-2008-1694

🗓️ 21 Apr 2008 20:00:00Reported by mitreType 
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🔗 web.nvd.nist.gov👁 77 Views🌐 WEB

vcdiff in Emacs 20.7 to 22.1.50, allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via symlink attack on temporary files

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gnuemacsMatch20.7
gnuemacsMatch21.1
gnuemacsMatch21.2
gnuemacsMatch21.3
gnuemacsMatch21.4
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viewquery paramcvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewvc/emacs/emacs/lib-src/vcdiff?view=logvcdiff uses temporary files insecurely, allowing local users to perform a symlink attack and overwrite arbitrary files when used with SCCS (CVE-2008-1694).CWE-59

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16 Jun 2026 22:52Current
6Medium risk
Vulners AI Score6
CVSS 24.6
EPSS0.00396
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