PT-2003-2177 · Gnu · Emacs

Georgi Guninski · Published 2003-12-31 · Updated 2011-03-08 · CVE-2003-1232

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

5.1

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Emacs version 21.2.1

Description The issue allows user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary commands because it does not prompt or warn the user before executing Lisp code in the local variables section of a text file. This can be demonstrated using the mode-name variable.

Recommendations For Emacs version 21.2.1, consider disabling the execution of Lisp code in the local variables section of text files until a patch is available. Restrict access to sensitive features that may be exploited through this issue to minimize the risk of arbitrary command execution.

Exploit

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2003-1232

Affected Products

Emacs

References · 8

• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/26492 · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2003-1232 · Security Note
• http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2003-May/005089.html · Patch
• http://mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:208 · Vendor Advisory
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/15375 · Note
• http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=286183 · Note
• http://groups.google.com/group/gnu.emacs.bug/browse_frm/thread/9424ec1b2fdae321/c691a2da8904db0f?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&rnum=1&prev=/groups%3Fq%3Dguninski%2Bemacs%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26ie%3DUTF-8%26oe%3DUTF-8%26selm%3Dmailman.763.1041357806.19936.bug-gnu-emacs%2540gnu.org%26rnum%3D1#c691a2da8904db0f · Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/17496 · Note