CVE-2001-1301 Affecting emacs package, versions [,21.4)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
low
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (6th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-EMACS-2370936
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed7 Aug 2001
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 7 Aug 2001

CVE-2001-1301  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-200  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade emacs to version 21.4 or higher.

Overview

rcs2log, as used in Emacs 20.4, xemacs 21.1.10 and other versions before 21.4, and possibly other packages, allows local users to modify files of other users via a symlink attack on a temporary file.

CVSS Scores

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