CVE-2008-1694
Estado: ModificadaMedia (4.6)—
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.
CVSS
- Versión: 2.0
- Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- Puntuación base: 4.6
Probabilidad de explotación (EPSS)
- Probabilidad de explotación en los próximos 30 días: 0.40%
- Percentil entre todas las CVEs puntuadas: 32
- Fecha de la puntuación: 7/10/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, de FIRST) estima la probabilidad de que una vulnerabilidad sea explotada en 30 días. Complementa a CVSS (impacto) y a CISA KEV (explotación confirmada).
Tecnologías afectadas (2)
CWE
- CWE-59
Referencias
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=216880
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29905
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29926
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30109
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:096
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28857
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019909
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1309/references
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1310/references
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=208483
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41906
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/607-1/
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=216880
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29905
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29926
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30109
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:096
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28857
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019909
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1309/references
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1310/references
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=208483
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41906
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/607-1/
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