CVE-2010-0825 describes a local privilege escalation vulnerability in the movemail component of GNU Emacs versions 22 and 23. An attacker can exploit improper file-permission checks via a symlink attack to read, modify, or delete arbitrary mailbox files. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.4, indicating a medium attack complexity and requiring local access, with potential impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
22.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gnu:emacs:22.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
22.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gnu:emacs:22.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
22.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gnu:emacs:22.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
23.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gnu:emacs:23.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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