PT-2010-2551 · Gnu · Emacs

Dan Rosenberg · Published 2010-04-05 · Updated 2017-08-17 · CVE-2010-0825

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

4.4

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions emacs versions 22 through 23

Description The issue allows local users to read, modify, or delete arbitrary mailbox files via a symlink attack, related to improper file-permission checks in the movemail component.

Recommendations For emacs versions 22 through 23, consider restricting access to the movemail component to minimize the risk of exploitation. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-264

Related Identifiers

CVE-2010-0825

Affected Products

Emacs

References · 11

• http://mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:083 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2010-0825 · Vendor Advisory
• http://ubuntu.com/usn/USN-919-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2010-0825 · Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/39155 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-0825 · Security Note
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2010-0825 · Vendor Advisory
• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0734 · Vendor Advisory
• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0952 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/57457 · Note
• https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/531569 · Note