VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2008-4191
extract-table.pl in Emacspeak 26 and 28 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the extract-table.csv temporary file.
MEDIUM 6.6EPSS 0.41%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.41%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
extract-table.pl in Emacspeak 26 and 28 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the extract-table.csv temporary file.
- CVSS 2.0
- 6.6 MEDIUMAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 0.41% probability · 34th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-59
- Affected
- emacspeak inc/emacspeak
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=496431
- http://dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/emacspeak
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31880Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32071
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/30/2
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31241
- https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235770
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=460435
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45237
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-October/msg00010.html
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-October/msg00012.html
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=496431
- http://dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/emacspeak
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31880Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32071
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/30/2
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31241
- https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235770
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=460435
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45237
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-October/msg00010.html
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-October/msg00012.html
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.