Incorrect Privilege Assignment Affecting emacs-nox package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on CentOS security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (15th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS7-EMACSNOX-1972563
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed31 Oct 2017

Introduced: 31 Oct 2017

CVE-2017-1000383  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-266  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Centos:7 emacs-nox.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream emacs-nox package and not the emacs-nox package as distributed by Centos. See How to fix? for Centos:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

GNU Emacs version 25.3.1 (and other versions most likely) ignores umask when creating a backup save file ("[ORIGINAL_FILENAME]~") resulting in files that may be world readable or otherwise accessible in ways not intended by the user running the emacs binary.