CVE-2000-0270

Severity

36%

Complexity

39%

Confidentiality

81%

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

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

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 3.6. CVSS Attack Vector: local. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N).

Overview

Type

GNU Emacs

First reported 24 years ago

2000-04-18 04:00:00

Last updated 16 years ago

2008-09-10 19:03:00

Affected Software

GNU Emacs 20.0

20.0

GNU GNU Emacs 20.1

20.1

GNU GNU Emacs 20.2

20.2

GNU GNU Emacs 20.3

20.3

GNU Emacs 20.4

20.4

GNU GNU Emacs 20.5

20.5

GNU GNU Emacs 20.6

20.6

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