ghsa-7cqh-9wjj-hhf9
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Published
2022-05-01 23:42
Modified
2025-04-09 03:53
Details

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.

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  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2008-1694"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-59"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2008-04-22T04:41:00Z",
    "severity": "MODERATE"
  },
  "details": "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.",
  "id": "GHSA-7cqh-9wjj-hhf9",
  "modified": "2025-04-09T03:53:52Z",
  "published": "2022-05-01T23:42:33Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-1694"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=208483"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41906"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://usn.ubuntu.com/607-1"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=216880"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/29905"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/29926"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/30109"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:096"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28857"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019909"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1309/references"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1310/references"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": []
}


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