CVE-2008-1694
N/A
Published: April 21, 2008 at 08:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:52 PM UTC
2 products affected across 1 vendorEmacsSccs
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.4%
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.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (12)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
Source: [email protected]
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:096VDB Entryx_refsource_VUPEN
Source: [email protected]
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1309/referencesQuick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-59
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