CVE-2014-3422 describes a local privilege escalation vulnerability in GNU Emacs 24.3 and earlier, affecting GNU Emacs and Mageia distributions. An attacker can exploit a symlink attack on a temporary file in /tmp/esrc/ to overwrite arbitrary files. With a CVSS score of 3.3, this vulnerability has a low attack complexity and requires local access, with potential impacts limited to partial integrity and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion, indicating a low current threat level.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 24.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gnu:emacs:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
20.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gnu:emacs:20.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
20.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gnu:emacs:20.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
20.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gnu:emacs:20.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
20.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gnu:emacs:20.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P
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