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CVE-2008-1694
vcdiff in Emacs 20.7 to 22.1.50, when used with SCCS, allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary…
Medium4.6EPSS 0.40%
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Description
vcdiff in Emacs 20.7 to 22.1.50, when used with SCCS, allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium4.6 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.40% · top 66% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.6.
Weakness
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (12)
- USN-607-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- 29905 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=208483 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- MDVSA-2008:096 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- ADV-2008-1309 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 1019909 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 29926 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 30109 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- xemacs-gnuemacs-vcdiff-symlink(41906) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 28857 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=216880 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- ADV-2008-1310 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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