CVE-2008-4952

emacs-jabber in emacs-jabber 0.7.91 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a /tmp/*.log temporary file.

Score

CVSS 2.0 6.9 Medium

Status

Modified - cve@mitre.org

Published

2008-11-05

Last modified

2024-08-07

Weaknesses

CWE-59

Affected products

• Emacs-jabber (Emacs)

References

• http://bugs.debian.org/496428
• http://dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/emacs-jabber
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/30/2
• https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235770
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46409