CVE-2008-1694 describes a symlink attack vulnerability in Emacs versions 20.7 through 22.1.50, specifically when integrated with SCCS. A local attacker can exploit this flaw to overwrite arbitrary files by manipulating temporary files. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.6 (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P), indicating a low attack complexity and requiring local access, but potentially leading to confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
20.7CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gnu:emacs:20.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
21.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gnu:emacs:21.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
21.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gnu:emacs:21.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
21.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gnu:emacs:21.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
21.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gnu:emacs:21.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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