CVE-2007-5377 describes a local privilege escalation vulnerability in the Tramp 2.1.10 extension for Emacs, and potentially earlier 2.1.x versions. Specifically, the tramp-make-temp-file and tramp-make-tramp-temp-file functions are susceptible to a symlink attack, allowing a local attacker to overwrite arbitrary files. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 6.9, indicating high severity due to complete confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts, with a local attack vector and medium attack complexity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
2.1.10CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gnu:tramp:2.1.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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