CVE-2000-0270

The make-temp-name Lisp function in Emacs 20 creates temporary files with predictable names, which allows attackers to conduct a symlink attack.

CVSS v2.0 3.6 LOW

3.6^/10

CVSS v2.0 : LOW

Vector : AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 4.9

Access Vector LOCAL

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact NONE

References

Link	Resource
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1126	Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/templates/archive.pike?list=1&date=2000-04-15&msg=tg4s8zioxq.fsf%40mercury.rus.uni-stuttgart.de

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:gnu:emacs:20.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:gnu:emacs:20.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:gnu:emacs:20.2:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:gnu:emacs:20.3:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:gnu:emacs:20.4:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:gnu:emacs:20.5:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:gnu:emacs:20.6:::::::*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2000-04-18 04:00

Updated : 2023-11-07 01:55

NVD link : CVE-2000-0270

Mitre link : CVE-2000-0270

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2000-0270

JSON object : View

Products Affected

gnu

emacs

CWE

NVD-CWE-Other

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