CVE-2007-5377

medium

Description

The (1) tramp-make-temp-file and (2) tramp-make-tramp-temp-file functions in Tramp 2.1.10 extension for Emacs, and possibly earlier 2.1.x versions, allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files.

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26072

http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200710-22.xml

http://secunia.com/advisories/27343

http://secunia.com/advisories/27244

http://osvdb.org/41752

http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2007-10/msg00158.html

http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2007-10/msg00132.html

http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=194713

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2007-10-12

Updated: 2025-04-09

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N