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CVE-2010-0825
lib-src/movemail.c in movemail in emacs 22 and 23 allows local users to read, modify, or delete arbitrary mailbox files via a symlink…
Medium4.4EPSS 0.32%
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Description
lib-src/movemail.c in movemail in emacs 22 and 23 allows local users to read, modify, or delete arbitrary mailbox files via a symlink attack, related to improper file-permission checks.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium4.4 | AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.32% · top 74% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.4.
Weakness
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (7)
- MDVSA-2010:083 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- emacs-emailhelper-symlink(57457) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- USN-919-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- 39155 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- ADV-2010-0734 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/531569 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- ADV-2010-0952 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
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- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
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- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
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- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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