PT-2008-5279 · Gnu · Emacs

Romain Francoise · Published 2008-09-22 · Updated 2017-08-08 · CVE-2008-3949

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.2

High

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Emacs versions 22.1 through 22.2

Description The issue allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a Trojan horse Python file. This occurs because emacs/lisp/progmodes/python.el in affected Emacs versions imports Python scripts from the current working directory during the editing of a Python file.

Recommendations For Emacs versions 22.1 and 22.2, consider disabling the python.el module until a patch is available to prevent the execution of arbitrary code.

Fix

Code Injection

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-94

Related Identifiers

CVE-2008-3949

Affected Products

Emacs

References · 10

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-3949 · Security Note
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-09/msg00004.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200902-06.xml · Vendor Advisory
• http://mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:216 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=424340 · Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/31982 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/31052 · Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/34004 · Note
• http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2008-09/msg00215.html · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45021 · Note