Vulnerability in Gnu Emacs

CVE-2001-1301

rcs2log, as used in Emacs 20.4, xemacs 21.1.10 and other versions before 21.4, and possibly other packages, allows local users to modify files of other users via a symlink attack on a temporary file.

EPSS: 0.003 (21.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

Gnu Emacs — versions 20.4
Xemacs — versions 21.1.10
N/a — versions n/a

References

cve@mitre.org (Vendor Advisory, mailing-list, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ)
cve@mitre.org (vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM)