CVE-2000-0270

The make-temp-name Lisp function in Emacs 20 creates temporary files with predictable names, which allows attackers to conduct a symlink attack.

Score

CVSS 2.0 3.6 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/1126
• http://www.securityfocus.com/templates/archive.pike?list=1&date=2000-04-15&msg=tg4s8zioxq.fsf%40mercury.rus.uni-stuttga…