CVE-2008-2142
6.8 Medium
CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
7 High
AI Score
Confidence
Low
0.004 Low
EPSS
Percentile
73.1%
Emacs 21 and XEmacs automatically load and execute .flc (fast lock) files that are associated with other files that are edited within Emacs, which allows user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code.
Affected configurations
References
lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2008-05/msg00645.html
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-06/msg00001.html
secunia.com/advisories/30199
secunia.com/advisories/30216
secunia.com/advisories/30303
secunia.com/advisories/30581
secunia.com/advisories/30827
secunia.com/advisories/34004
security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200902-06.xml
thread.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel/96903
tracker.xemacs.org/XEmacs/its/issue378
wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0177
www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:153
www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:154
www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/492657/100/0/threaded
www.securityfocus.com/bid/29176
www.securitytracker.com/id?1020019
www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1539/references
www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1540/references
bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=221197
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42362
issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2529
www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-June/msg00736.html
www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-June/msg00782.html
Related
6.8 Medium
CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
7 High
AI Score
Confidence
Low
0.004 Low
EPSS
Percentile
73.1%