CVE-2000-0269

Emacs 20 does not properly set permissions for a slave PTY device when starting a new subprocess, which allows local users to read or modify communications between Emacs and the subprocess.

Score

CVSS 2.0 2.1 Low

Status

Modified - cve@mitre.org

Published

2000-04-18

Last modified

2024-08-08

Affected products

• Emacs (Gnu)

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1125
• http://www.securityfocus.com/templates/archive.pike?list=1&date=2000-04-15&msg=tg4s8zioxq.fsf%40mercury.rus.uni-stuttga…