Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Apr 22, 2008· Updated Apr 23, 2026
CVE-2008-1694
CVE-2008-1694
Description
vcdiff in Emacs 20.7 to 22.1.50, when used with SCCS, allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files.
Affected products
6Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
AI mechanics synthesis has not run for this CVE yet.
References
12- bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cginvd
- secunia.com/advisories/29905nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/29926nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/30109nvd
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisoriesnvd
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/28857nvd
- www.securitytracker.com/idnvd
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1309/referencesnvd
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1310/referencesnvd
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cginvd
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41906nvd
- usn.ubuntu.com/607-1/nvd
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