Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Oct 12, 2007· Updated Apr 23, 2026
CVE-2007-5377
CVE-2007-5377
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.
Affected products
1Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
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References
8- bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cginvd
- lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2007-10/msg00132.htmlnvd
- lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2007-10/msg00158.htmlnvd
- osvdb.org/41752nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/27244nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/27343nvd
- www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200710-22.xmlnvd
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/26072nvd
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