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CVE-2012-0035

29
FAUCET Score

CVE-2012-0035 describes an untrusted search path vulnerability in EDE within CEDET, affecting GNU Emacs and other products. This flaw allows local attackers to escalate privileges by injecting malicious Lisp expressions into Project.ede files. With a CVSS score of 9.3, this vulnerability is critical, indicating a network-based attack with high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, though it requires medium attack complexity. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 1.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:eric_m_ludlam:cedet:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:eric_m_ludlam:cedet:1.0:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:eric_m_ludlam:cedet:1.0:beta2:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:eric_m_ludlam:cedet:1.0:beta3:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:eric_m_ludlam:cedet:1.0:pre1:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

9.3HIGH

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
10.0
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.72%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
84.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0272 is in the 42nd percentile among its peer group of 8,914 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2012-0035Low

emacs: CEDET global-ede-mode file loading vulnerability

Jan 9, 2012

References

lists.fedoraproject.org / pipermail/package-announce/2012-January/072285.html
lists.fedoraproject.org / pipermail/package-announce/2012-January/072288.html
lists.gnu.org / archive/html/emacs-devel/2012-01/msg00387.html
Patch
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2012/01/10/2
Patch
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2012/01/10/4
secunia.com / advisories/47311
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/47515
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/50801
sourceforge.net / mailarchive/message.php
sourceforge.net / mailarchive/message.php
security.gentoo.org / glsa/201812-05
mandriva.com / security/advisories
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-1586-1