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CVE-2014-3422

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Date: May 8, 2014

lisp/emacs-lisp/find-gc.el in GNU Emacs 24.3 and earlier allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a temporary file under /tmp/esrc/.

Language: EMACS_LISP

Severity Score

4.0

Related Resources (8)

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-3422

Url: http://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=17428#8

Url: http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0250.html

Url: http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:117

Url: http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-diffs/2014-05/msg00056.html

Url: http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/05/07/7

Url: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-3422

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2014-3422

Severity Score

4.0

Weakness Type (CWE)

Link Following

CWE-59

Top Fix

Upgrade Version

Upgrade to version emacs-24.3.91

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	4.0
Attack Vector (AV):	LOCAL
Attack Complexity (AC):	HIGH
Privileges Required (PR):	NONE
User Interaction (UI):	NONE
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	NONE
Integrity (I):	LOW
Availability (A):	LOW

CVSS v2

Base Score:	3.3
Access Vector (AV):	LOCAL
Access Complexity (AC):	MEDIUM
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	NONE
Integrity (I):	PARTIAL
Availability (A):	PARTIAL
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